Body mass index correlates negatively with white matter integrity in the fornix and corpus callosum: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1044-1052

  Xu, Jiansong ^a   Li, Yang ^b   Lin, Haiqun ^b   Sinha, Rajita ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Brain structure; DTI; Neuroimaging; Obese; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FORNIX, BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875884252     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21491     Document Type: Article

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