Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy induces sustained changes in gray and white matter brain volumes and resting functional connectivity in obese patients

Obesity is associated with decreased brain gray- (GM)/white-matter (WM) volumes in regions. Laparoscopic-sleeve-gastrectomy (LSG) is an effective bariatric surgery associated with neuroplastic changes in patients with obesity at 1-month-post-LSG.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - October 10, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Yuanyuan Wang, Gang Ji, Yang Hu, Guanya Li, Yueyan Ding, Chunxin Hu, Lei Liu, Wenchao Zhang, Karen M. von Deneen, Yu Han, Guangbin Cui, Huaning Wang, Peter Manza, Nora D. Volkow, Yongzhan Nie, Gene-Jack Wang, Yi Zhang Tags: Original articles Source Type: research