Morphological identification of brown adipose tissue by magnetic resonance imaging in the rat.
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.
Osculati
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Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Verona, Italy.
Leclercq
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F
Sbarbati
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A
Zancanaro
C
C
Cinti
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S
Antonakis
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K
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