Brain structure predicts risk for obesity

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 859-865

  Smucny, Jason ^a,b,c   Cornier, Marc Andre ^a,b   Eichman, Lindsay C ^b,c   Thomas, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Bechtell, Jamie L ^a,b   Tregellas, Jason R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insula; Leptin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obesity risk; Orbitofrontal cortex; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUNGER; INSULA; MALE; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; LEPTIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS; SATIETY RESPONSE; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84866556727     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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