Preliminary evaluation of β3-adrenoceptor agonist-induced 18F-FDG metabolic activity of brown adipose tissue in obese Zucker rat.

Kimberly N. Schade,Aparna Baranwal,Christopher Liang,M. Reza Mirbolooki,Jogeshwar Mukherjee

Preliminary evaluation of β3-adrenoceptor agonist-induced 18F-FDG metabolic activity of brown adipose tissue in obese Zucker rat.

2015

Kimberly N. Schade
Aparna Baranwal
Christopher Liang
M. Reza Mirbolooki
Jogeshwar Mukherjee

Background We have investigated β3-adrenoceptor agonist mediated brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation using 18F-FDG PET/CT in Zucker lean (ZL) and obese (ZF) rats.

Keywords:

Brown adipose tissue
Adrenergic beta-3 Receptor Agonists
Positron emission tomography
Agonist
PET-CT
Metabolic clearance rate
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Adrenergic receptor
Chemistry
Diabetes mellitus
tissue distribution
metabolic activity
β3 adrenoceptor agonist

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