Optimal waist-to-hip ratios in women activate neural reward centers in men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Platek, Steven M ^a   Singh, Devendra ^b  

^a GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORBITAL CORTEX; REWARD; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURGERY, PLASTIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77949413157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009042     Document Type: Article

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