Brain's Appetite Regulator Disrupted in Obese Teens (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Brain's Appetite Regulator Disrupted in Obese Teens

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Reduction of functional anisotropy (FA) in obese patients compared to control group (clusters in red), and FA skeleton (green), superimposed on the mean of FA images in the sample. At the intersection of the alignment vectors (coordinates x, y, z: -9, 1, -12), a cluster of FA decrease located in the left hypothalamus (PFWE = < 0.05).

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