UAB NORC Core C - Animal Models Core

项目总结-动物模型核心 动物模型核心提供营养/肥胖研究中使用动物模型的专业知识;维护 最先进的仪器和方法，用于确定能量平衡（食物摄入，能量 支出，活动和核心体温）;提供最先进的仪器和方法， 身体成分的测定（双能X射线吸收法[DXA]，定量磁共振成像， 共振[QMR]和微型计算机断层扫描[XNUCT]），为核心用户提供具有成本效益的服务;并促进 研究人员之间的互动，并提供动物模型和表型分析方法的培训。通过执行 为了实现这些目标，我们为我们的研究人员和广大科学界提供专业知识和资源， 扩大研究领域，产生创新的科学成果，以提高人类的 健康

Project Summary – Animal Models Core The Animal Models Core provides expertise in the use of animal models for nutrition/obesity research; maintains state-of-the-art instrumentation and methodologies for the determination of energy balance (food intake, energy expenditure, activity, and core body temperature); provides state-of-the-art instrumentation and methodology for the determination of body composition (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry [DXA], quantitative magnetic resonance [QMR], and micro-computed tomography [CT]), cost-efficient services to Core users; and promotes interactions among investigators and provides training in animal models and phenotyping methods. By executing these aims, we provide our investigators and the scientific community at large with the expertise and resources to expand their research areas and produce innovative scientific results with the purpose of enhancing human health.