Compromised white matter integrity in obesity

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 273-281

  Kullmann, S ^a,b   Schweizer, F ^a   Veit, R ^a   Fritsche, A ^a,b   Preissl, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH DZD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Obesity; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANISOTROPY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BODY MASS; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TRACTOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPLICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; ANISOTROPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84925676944     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12248     Document Type: Article

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