Reduced cortical thickness associated with visceral fat and BMI

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 307-311

  Veit, Ralf ^a   Kullmann, Stephanie ^a,b   Heni, Martin ^a,b,c   Machann, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Häring, Hans Ulrich ^a,b,c   Fritsche, Andreas ^a,b,c   Preissl, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; MR imaging; Obesity; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; INSULA; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907717882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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