Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and the Adipose Organ A Pictorial Atlas from Research to Clinical Applications /

• Main Author: Cinti, Saverio (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Diabetes.; Endocrinology .; Endocrinology.

This richly illustrated book provides a detailed description of the gross anatomy, light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy of the adipose organ, which comprises subcutaneous and visceral fat depots. Findings in mice of differing genetic backgrounds (obesity prone and resistan...

Table of Contents:

• The Adipose Organ
• Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT)
• White Adipose Tissue (WAT)
• The Adipose Organ: Cold Acclimation
• BAT
• WAT
• The Adipose Organ: Warm Acclimation: BAT
• The Obese Adipose Organ: BAT
• The Fasted Adipose Organ: WAT
• BAT
• The Adipose Organ During Lactation: WAT
• BAT
• The Fetal Adipose Organ
• The Adipose Organ In Genetically Modified Models.  .