Central obesity and the aging brain

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1545-1548

  Jagust, William ^a   Harvey, Danielle ^b   Mungas, Dan ^b   Haan, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 26444458863     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.10.1545     Document Type: Article

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