| Literature DB >> 26259685 |
Anderson Mon1, Christoph Abé2, Timothy C Durazzo3, Dieter J Meyerhoff3.
Abstract
Obesity/overweight is reported to affect MR-measured brain tissue volume and white matter (WM) signal intensity. This study investigated possible effects of fat on these measures, using pig fat on three participants at a 4T magnet. Grey matter volumes in the presence of fat were lower than baseline measures. Total WM volumes in the presence of fat were higher than baseline measures. WM hypo-intensities on T1-weighted images were higher in the presence of fat than baseline measures. Therefore physical effects of head fat of obese/overweight individual may at least, partly contribute to the association of obesity/overweight with MR structural measures.Entities:
Keywords: Fat; Grey matter; Magnetic resonance signal hypo-intensity; Obesity; White matter
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26259685 PMCID: PMC4876040 DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2015.07.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Res Clin Pract ISSN: 1871-403X Impact factor: 2.288