Body weight and the reward system: The volume of the right amygdala may be associated with body mass index in young overweight men

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Orsi, Gergely ^a,b   Perlaki, Gabor ^a,b   Kovacs, Norbert ^a   Aradi, Mihaly ^a,b   Papp, Zilia ^a,b   Karadi, Kazmer ^a   Szalay, Csaba ^a   Karadi, Zoltan ^a   Lenard, Laszlo ^a   Tenyi, Tamas ^a   Plozer, Eniko ^a   Gabriel, Robert ^a   Nagy, Ferenc ^a   Doczi, Tamas ^a   Komoly, Samuel ^a   Jokeit, Hennric ^c   Schwarcz, Attila ^a,b   Janszky, József ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Pecs Diagnostic Center   (Hungary)

^c SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Freesurfer; Gender difference; Magnetic resonance volumetry; Obesity; Reward system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955538364     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-011-9119-2     Document Type: Article

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