Animal Physiology The Animal Physiology Core measures whole body and tissue-specific glucose sensitivity and insulin action using rodent models and analysis of whole body carbohydrate/fatty acid oxidation, energy expenditure, feeding behavior and locomotor activity using specialized metabolic and behavioral rodent cages. It performs specialized measurements of rodent adipose tissue distribution, metabolytes, and brain energy and glucose utilization. The facility staff provide instruction for investigators in designing and performing metabolic studies. Services Access the Services Animal surgeries/metabolic studies Indirect calorimetry Non-invasive animal imaging Related Shared Facilities Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center Histotechnology and Comparative PathologyHormone Assay Institute for Clinical & Translational ResearchPositron Emission Tomography (MicroPET) Center Affiliations Diabetes Research Center Selected Publications Cell Metabolism, 2008 Dec;8(6):459-67 Location and Contacts Animal Physiology Golding 501 Gary Schwartz, Ph.D.Scientific Director718-430-2263gary.schwartz@einsteinmed.eduLicheng Wu, M.D.Technician718-430-2348licheng.wu@einsteinmed.edu