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Human brown adipose tissue [(15)O]O(2) PET imaging in the presence and absence of cold stimulus
PURPOSE: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is considered a potential target for combatting obesity, as it produces heat instead of ATP in cellular respiration due to uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) in mitochondria. However, BAT-specific thermogenic capacity, in comparison to whole-body thermogenesis during co...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26993316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-016-3364-y |