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The brain is known to play a central role in controlling the desire to eat. We aimed to evaluate the brain regions that might have a long-term effect on eating behavior and weight changes. We utilized the data of cognitively normal subjects who are examined by several neurologic tests, and followed-up for 36 months from Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database, and investigated to search the brain regions that are associated with future weight change. The weight of each subject was measured on each visit at baseline (W0), 36 (W36) months after brain 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). Percentage (%) change of weight was calculated as follows: [(W36–W0)/W0]*100. We classified each subject’s change into one of three categories: weight loss, stable, and weight gain. Dynamic 3-dimensional scans of six 5-min frames were acquired 30 mins after injection of 185 MBq of FDG. Image analysis was done using Statistical Parametric Mapping 12. Ninety-six subjects were included in this study (male 54, female 42). Subjects with future weight gain showed hypometabolism in left cerebellum compared with those with future weight loss & stable. Percentage change of weight was positively associated with brain metabolism in right insula, and right caudate nucleus. In conclusion, subjects with future weight gain showed hypometabolism in left cerebellum, and percentage change of weight was positively associated with brain metabolism in right insula, and right caudate nucleus. This study raises the possibility that the brain glucose metabolism precedes the future weight change.
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Kim, J.M., Jang, M., Kim, E.H. et al. Cerebral glucose metabolism differs according to future weight change. Brain Imaging and Behavior 14, 2295–2301 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-019-00180-x
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