Central Adiposity and Cortical Thickness in Midlife

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 671-678

  Kaur, Sonya ^a   Gonzales, Mitzi M ^a   Strasser, Barbara ^a   Pasha, Evan ^a   McNeely, Jasmine ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   Haley, Andreana P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

central adiposity; cognitive decline; cortical thickness; working memory

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBESITY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CINGULATE GYRUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 84937010462     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000202     Document Type: Article

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