Assessment of oxidative metabolism in Brown Fat using PET imaging

Objective: Although it has been believed that brown adipose tissue (BAT) depots disappear shortly after the perinatal period in humans, PET imaging using the glucose analog FDG has shown unequivocally the existence of functional BAT in humans. The objective of this study was to determine, using dyna...

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Main Authors: Otto eMuzik, Thomas J Mangner, James G Granneman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2012.00015/full