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Tamara Branca1, Warren Sloan Warren2
1Chemistry, Duke University, Durham,
NC, United States; 2Chemistry , Duke University, Durham, NC,
United States
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molecular signature of brown adipose tissue is found in the iZQC spectrum of
mice. More specifically the iZQC resonance frequency line between methylene
protons (-CH2-) at 1.3ppm and water, at cellular length scales, seems to be
characteristic of the only BAT tissue. This method is applied in vivo to
screen normal and obesity mouse models, and to track the BAT response to
adrenergic stimulation and cold exposure.