Why the study?
Does a water-fat MRI cooling-reheating protocol detect changes in lipid content and perfusion in brown adipose tissue after cold exposure in volunteers?
Population
9 volunteers
Comparison
Three-hour long mild cold exposure followed by… vs Baseline measurements and subcutaneous adipose…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Three hours (plus short reheating)
Authors
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Demonstrates MRI feasibility for detecting BAT lipid shifts in volunteers; leaves open clinical translation pending larger validation.
Does a water-fat MRI cooling-reheating protocol detect changes in lipid content and perfusion in brown adipose tissue after cold exposure in volunteers?
A water-fat MRI cooling-reheating protocol can detect lipid consumption in human brown adipose tissue following mild cold exposure.
Lundström et al. (2015) studied this question.
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