Higher body mass index in older adults is associated with lower gray matter volume: Implications for memory performance

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Kharabian Masouleh, Shahrzad ^a,b   Arélin, Katrin ^a,b   Horstmann, Annette ^a,b   Lampe, Leonie ^a,b   Kipping, Judy A ^a   Luck, Tobias ^b   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^b   Schroeter, Matthias L ^a,b   Stumvoll, Michael ^b   Villringer, Arno ^a,b   Witte, Anja Veronica ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Cognitive aging; Cognitive performance; Cohort studies; Healthy aging; Lifestyle factors; Overweight; VBM

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E GENE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULA; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK;

EID: 84960362819     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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