title: Morphological identification of brown adipose tissue by magnetic resonance imaging in the rat.
abstract: Morphological distinction between brown and white adipose tissue was obtained in the rat by MRI at 7 Tesla. Both superficial (subcutaneous) and deep (mediastinal) brown fat was visualized; the level of resolution was less than 1 mm. These results show that MRI is a potentially useful tool for studying the biology of brown adipose tissue in the experimental animal and, prospectively, in man.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Osculati
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sbarbati
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zancanaro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cinti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Antonakis
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains