Intense (18)F-FDG uptake in brown fat can be reduced pharmacologically

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Intense (18)F-FDG uptake in brown fat can be reduced pharmacologically

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Intense (18)F-FDG uptake in brown fat can be reduced pharmacologically

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Intense (18)F-FDG uptake in brown fat can be reduced pharmacologically

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Tatsumi, Mitsuaki , Engles, James M , Ishimori, Takayoshi , Nicely, O'Bod , Cohade, Christian and Wahl, Richard L

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United States

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The Journal of nuclear medicine (1978), 2004-07, Vol.45 (7), p.1189-1193

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English

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Physiologic (18)F-FDG uptake in areas of supraclavicular fat in humans ("USA-Fat") has recently been recognized as (18)F-FDG uptake in apparent brown adipose tissue (BAT) using fused PET/CT technology. In this study, we evaluated (18)F-FDG uptake in BAT of rats to determine whether pharmacologic or physiologic interventions affect the uptake, knowi...