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Obesity gene NEGR1 associated with white matter integrity in healthy young adults.
NeuroImage - 15 Nov 2014
Dennis Emily L, Jahanshad Neda, Braskie Meredith N, Warstadt Nicholus M, Hibar Derrek P, Kohannim Omid, Nir Talia M, McMahon Katie L, de Zubicaray Greig I, Montgomery Grant W, Martin Nicholas G, Toga Arthur W, Wright Margaret J, Thompson Paul M
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a crucial public health issue in developed countries, with implications for cardiovascular and brain health as we age. A number of commonly-carried genetic variants are associated with obesity. Here we aim to see whether variants in obesity-associated genes--NEGR1, FTO, MTCH2, MC4R, LRRN6C, MAP2K5, FAIM2, SEC16B, ETV5, BDNF-AS, ATXN2L, ATP2A1, KCTD15, and TNN13K--are associated with white matter...
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