Promise and limitations of functional neuroimaging in the study of obesity: Is it time for a consortium and a multicenter trial?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-610

  Del Parigi, A ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APPETITE REGULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; OBESITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 67449159267     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.55     Document Type: Editorial

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