Sex-dependent influences of obesity on cerebral white matter investigated by diffusion-tensor imaging.

Several studies have shown that obesity is associated with changes in human brain function and structure. Since women are more susceptible to obesity than men, it seems plausible that neural correlates may also be different. However, this has not been demonstrated so far. To address this issue, we s...

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Main Authors: Karsten Mueller, Alfred Anwander, Harald E Möller, Annette Horstmann, Jöran Lepsien, Franziska Busse, Siawoosh Mohammadi, Matthias L Schroeter, Michael Stumvoll, Arno Villringer, Burkhard Pleger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3073967?pdf=render