Differences in adolescent cerebral perfusion as a function of obesity: Results from the FLEX-Brain study.

Sarah L AghjayanChelsea M StillmanNermeen E El NokaliJennifer C WattEmily A RichardsMichele A BertocciKirk I EricksonDana L Rofey

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)

These results suggest that overweight and obesity in adolescence are associated with discernable reductions in blood flow to specific brain regions rather than having a global impact on rCBF.

Keyphrases

blood flow
resting state
white matter
cerebral ischemia
young adults
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
mental health
type diabetes
functional connectivity
subarachnoid hemorrhage
weight loss
depressive symptoms
weight gain
high fat diet induced
physical activity
skeletal muscle