Gray and white matter structures in the midcingulate cortex region contribute to body mass index in Chinese young adults

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 319-329

  He, Qinghua ^a,b,c   Chen, Chuansheng ^d   Dong, Qi ^b   Xue, Gui ^b   Chen, Chunhui ^b   Lu, Zhong Lin ^e   Bechara, Antoine ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulum; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Midcingulate cortex (MCC); Obesity; Overweight; The Iowa gambling task (IGT); Tractography; Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885505942     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0657-9     Document Type: Article

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