Dictionary definition: brown adipose tissue

Article: Brown Adipose Tissue: A Really Cool Idea.
Internal Medicine Alert;  May 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Brown Adipose Tissue: A Really Cool Idea Abstract ... Boehringer Ingelheim. Synopsis: Brown adipose tissue is involved in temperature regulation ... Lichtenbelt WD, et al. Cold-activated brown adipose tissue in healthy men. N Engl J Med 2009 ...

Article: Cidea links brown adipose tissue and ...
Drug Week;  December 31, 2004 ;     572 words ... ... net) -- Cidea is a novel link between brown adipose tissue and obesity. "Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is the major site of adaptive ... option to explore the linkage between brown adipose tissue and obesity." Lin and Li published ...

Article: Visualization of interscapular brown adipose ...
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a site of nonshivering thermogenesis in mammals ... activity. Key Words: ^sup 99m^Tc-tetrofosmin; brown adipose tissue; pediatrics Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a thermogenic organ that plays an important ...

Article: (123)I- or (125)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine visualization of ...
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... they represent interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) visualized by scintigraphy ... human obesity. Key Words: brown adipose tissue; metaiodobenzylguanidine ... 10. Lean MJ, Trayhum P. Brown adipose tissue in humans. J Obes Weight ...

Article: Assessment of Brown Adipose Tissue Activity ...
Physiological Research;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Summary Brown adipose tissue (BAT) physiology and imaging ... are also discussed. Key words Brown adipose tissue * ^sup 99m^Tc-sestamibi ... Allometry * Imaging Introduction Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is found mainly in small ...

Article: Presence of Specific ^sup 11^C-meta-Hydroxyephedrine Retention in ...
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... an index of NE function in brown adipose tissue, lung, pancreas, skeletal ... radiolabeled metabolites in heart, brown adipose tissue, pancreas, and plasma ... retention was observed in heart, brown adipose tissue, lung, and pancreas but ...

Article: Fatty acid synthesis and generation of glycerol-3-phosphate in ...
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... investigated in brown adipose tissue (BAT) from rats ... The importance of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in the control ... suggest that basal brown adipose phenotype and ... balanced brown-white adipose tissue development may ...