Body mass index and brain structure in healthy children and adolescents

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-55

  Alosco, Michael L ^a   Stanek, Kelly M ^b   Galioto, Rachel ^a   Korgaonkar, Mayuresh S ^c   Grieve, Stuart M ^c,d,e   Brickman, Adam M ^f   Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^a   Gunstad, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Brain Resource Ltd   (Australia)

^f Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Children; DTI; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890045561     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.817408     Document Type: Article

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