Does the brain shrink as the waist expands?

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-97

  Willette, Auriel A ^a   Kapogiannis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body mass index; Brain atrophy; Cognition; Frontal lobe; Gray matter; MRI; MRS; Obesity; White matter

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OBESITY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WHITE MATTER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84923354581     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.03.007     Document Type: Review

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