@article{42fdbfe8e32a42e0be08db4196e32851,
title = "The associations of BMI with mean diffusivity of basal ganglia among young adults with mild obesity and without obesity",
abstract = "Obesity causes a wide range of systemic diseases and is associated with mood and anxiety disorders. It is also associated with dopaminergic reward system function. However, the relationships between microstructural properties of the dopaminergic system and body mass index (BMI) have not been investigated. In this study, we investigated the associations of BMI with mean diffusivity (MD), diffusion tensor imaging measure in areas of the dopaminergic system (MDDS) in 435 healthy young adults with mild obesity and without obesity (BMI < 40). We detected the association between greater BMI and lower MD of the right globus pallidus and the right putamen. These results suggest that the property of the dopaminergic system is associated with BMI among young adults with mild obesity and without obesity.",
author = "Hikarua Takeuchi and Yasuyuki Taki and Rui Nouchi and Ryoichi Yokoyama and Seishu Nakagawa and Kunio Iizuka and Kohei Sakaki and Tsuyoshi Araki and Takayuki Nozawa and Shigeyuki Ikeda and Susumu Yokota and Sugiko Hanawa and Daniele Magistro and Yuka Kotozaki and Yukako Sasaki and Kelssy, {Kelssy H.} and Ryuta Kawashima",
note = "Funding Information: We respectfully thank Yuki Yamada for operating the MRI scanner. We also thank the study participants, other examiners of the psychological tests, and all of our colleagues at the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer and Tohoku University for their support. The authors would like to thank Enago (www.enago.jp) for the English language review. This study was supported by JST/RISTEX, JST/CREST, a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (KAKENHI 23700306) and a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) (KAKENHI 25700012) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-020-69438-5",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
journal = "Scientific reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}