Fat-mass-related hormone, plasma leptin, predicts brain volumes in the elderly

NeuroReport

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 58-62

  Rajagopalan, Priya ^a   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Jack, Clifford R ^e   Weiner, Michael W ^c,d   Thompson, Paul M ^a,b  

^a Imaging Genetics Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; BMI; Brain structure; Leptin; MRI; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84872056806     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32835c5254     Document Type: Article

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