Reduced Olfactory Bulb Volume in Obesity and Its Relation to Metabolic Health Status

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Beitragende

  • Maria Poessel - , Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • Nora Breuer - , Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • Akshita Joshi - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Autor:in)
  • André Pampel - , Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • Arno Villringer - , Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Hummel - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Annette Horstmann - , Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften (Autor:in)

Abstract

Smell perception plays an important role in eating behavior and might be involved in body weight gain. Since a body of literature implies that olfactory perception and function is hampered in obesity, we here investigate neuroanatomical correlates of this phenomenon. We assessed olfactory bulb (OB) volume with magnetic resonance imaging in 67 healthy participants with a body mass index (BMI) from 18.9 to 45.4 kg/m2 (mean = 28.58 ± 6.64). Moreover, we obtained psychophysiological data on olfactory ability (Sniffin' Sticks, Food associated odor test) and self-report measurements on eating behavior. Additionally, we collected parameters associated with metabolic health in obesity (waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio, leptin levels, body fat percentage, fat mass index, insulin resistance) to investigate recently proposed mechanistic explanatory models of why olfaction may be altered in obesity. We showed that OB volume was significantly lower in participants with obesity when compared to those of normal weight. Moreover, we found weak to moderate negative correlations between OB volume and BMI and related measures of metabolic health, especially leptin, body fat percentage, waist-height ratio and insulin resistance. However, neither OB volume nor BMI were related to olfactory function in our young and healthy sample. Nevertheless, our results provide first indications that obesity is associated with brain anatomical changes in the OBs.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)586998
FachzeitschriftFrontiers in human neuroscience
Jahrgang14
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2020
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMedCentral PMC7729134
Scopus 85097507714
ORCID /0000-0001-9713-0183/work/146645318

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