Obesity Associated Cerebral Gray and White Matter Alterations Are Interrelated in the Female Brain.

Obesity is known to affect the brain's gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) structure but the interrelationship of such changes remains unclear. Here we used T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in combination with voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) with...

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Main Authors: Karsten Mueller, Annette Horstmann, Harald E Möller, Alfred Anwander, Jöran Lepsien, Matthias L Schroeter, Arno Villringer, Burkhard Pleger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4262391?pdf=render