The fat mass and obesity gene is linked to reduced verbal fluency in overweight and obese elderly men

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1159.e1-1159.e5

  Benedict, Christian ^a   Jacobsson, Josefin A ^a   Rönnemaa, Elina ^a   Sällman Almén, Markus ^a   Brooks, Samantha ^a   Schultes, Bernd ^b   Fredriksson, Robert ^a   Lannfelt, Lars ^a   Kilander, Lena ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kantonsspital St Gallen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body weight; FTO gene; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 79955956506     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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