Increased body mass index is associated with specific regional alterations in brain structure

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1177-1182

  Medic, N ^a   Ziauddeen, H ^a   Ersche, K D ^a   Farooqi, I S ^a   Bullmore, E T ^a,b   Nathan, P J ^a,c   Ronan, L ^a   Fletcher, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SURFACE AREA; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OVERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964329169     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.42     Document Type: Article

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