FTO, obesity and the adolescent brain

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1050-1058

  Melka, Melkaye G ^a   Gillis, Jesse ^b   Bernard, Manon ^a   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^c   Chakravarty, M Mallar ^d,e   Leonard, Gabriel T ^f   Perron, Michel ^g   Richer, Louis ^g   Veillette, Suzanne ^g   Banaschewski, Tobias ^h   Barker, Gareth J ⁱ   BüChel, Christian ^j   Conrod, Patricia ^i,k   Flor, Herta ^h,l   Heinz, Andreas ^m   Garavan, Hugh ⁿ   Brühl, Rüdiger ^o   Mann, Karl ^h   Artiges, Eric ^p,q   Lourdusamy, Anbarasu ⁱ   Lathrop, Mark ^r   Loth, Eva ^i,s   Schwartz, Yannick ^t   Frouin, Vincent ^t   Rietschel, Marcella ^h   Smolka, Michael N ^u   Ströhle, Andreas ^m   Gallinat, Jürgen ^m   Struve, Maren ^h,l   Lattka, Eva ^v   Waldenberger, Melanie ^v   Schumann, Gunter ^i,s   Pavlidis, Paul ^b   Gaudet, Deniel ^w   Paus, Tomáš ^d,f   Pausova, Zdenka ^a   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^h CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁿ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^o PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^p INSERM   (France)

^q ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^r CENTRE NATIONAL DE GÉNOTYPAGE   (France)

^s MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^t DIF   (France)

^u DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^v INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAT MASS; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873415004     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds504     Document Type: Article

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