Reduced Olfactory Bulb Volume in Obesity and Its Relation to Metabolic Health Status

Smell perception plays an important role in eating behavior and might be involved in body weight gain. Since a body of literature implies that olfactory perception and function is hampered in obesity, we here investigate neuroanatomical correlates of this phenomenon. We assessed olfactory bulb (OB)...

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Main Authors: Maria Poessel, Nora Breuer, Akshita Joshi, André Pampel, Arno Villringer, Thomas Hummel, Annette Horstmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2020.586998/full