May 10, 2019

Public workspaceU Mass - Body composition (whole body)

DOI
dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.xsqfndw
  • Jason Kim1
  • 1University of Massachusetts
  • Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers
    Tech. support email: info@mmpc.org
Lili Liang
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DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.xsqfndw
External link: https://mmpc.org/shared/document.aspx?id=147&docType=Protocol
Protocol Citation: Jason Kim 2019. U Mass - Body composition (whole body). protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.xsqfndw
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,  which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
We use this protocol and it's working
Created: February 05, 2019
Last Modified: May 10, 2019
Protocol Integer ID: 20016
Keywords: Whole body lean mass, obesity
Abstract
Summary:
The EchoMRI 3-in-1 uses ¹H- magnetic resonance spectroscopy to noninvasively measure whole body fat mass, lean mass, and water mass in awake mice. Whole body fat mass is a measure of adiposity that is altered in obesity. Whole body lean mass may be altered by exercise and in mouse models of altered metabolism.
Materials
MATERIALS
ReagentEchoMRI 3-in-1Echo Medical Systems
Note:

EchoMRI, RRID:SCR_017104
Place awake mice into an instrument column.
Measure whole body fat mass, lean mass, and water mass using instrument standard operating procedure.