Trial reportThe journal of physiological sciences : JPS2017
A new method of infrared thermography for quantification of brown adipose tissue activation in healthy adults (TACTICAL): a randomized trial.
Trial report in The journal of physiological sciences : JPS, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions associated with brown adipose tissue activation and the impact on energy expenditure and weight loss: A systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review on the role of infrared thermography in the Brown adipose tissue assessment.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Infrared Thermography for Estimating Supraclavicular Skin Temperature and BAT Activity in Humans: A Systematic Review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Activation of Human Brown Adipose Tissue by Capsinoids, Catechins, Ephedrine, and Other Dietary Components: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of Liothyronine Treatment on Dermal Temperature and Activation of Brown Adipose Tissue in Female Hypothyroid Patients: A Randomized Crossover Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Trial
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- A Feedforward Loop within the Thyroid-Brown Fat Axis Facilitates Thermoregulation.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Investigation of the relationship between BAT activity and thermal comfort under short-term cold temperature exposure.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2025Review
- Healthy Aging in Times of Extreme Temperatures: Biomedical Approaches.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Obesity and the risk of cardiometabolic diseases.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2023Review
- Brown fat detection by infrared thermography-An invaluable research methodology with noteworthy uncertainties confirmed by a mathematical proof.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2023Article
- Activated brown adipose tissue releases exosomes containing mitochondrial methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (NADP dependent) 1-like protein (MTHFD1L).Bioscience reports · 2022Article
- An update on brown adipose tissue and obesity intervention: Function, regulation and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Molecular Imaging of Brown Adipose Tissue Mass.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Infrared Thermal Imaging of Patients With Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: Mixed Methods Analysis.Interactive journal of medical research · 2021Article
- Semi-automated analysis of supraclavicular thermal images increases speed of brown adipose tissue analysis without increasing variation in results.Current research in physiology · 2021Article
- The use of infrared technology as a novel approach for studies with female laboratory animals.Croatian medical journal · 2020Article
- Understanding cachexia in the context of metastatic progression.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2020Review
- Activation of brown adipose tissue in diet-induced thermogenesis is GC-C dependent.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The ability to alter the amount and activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in human adults is a potential strategy to manage obesity and related metabolic disorders associated with food, drug, and environmental stimuli with BAT activating/recruiting capacity. Infrared thermography (IRT) provides a non-invasive and inexpensive alternative to the current methods (e.g.
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