BRAIN METABOLISM IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING WEIGHT-REDUCTION SURGERY

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to provide informatin about the effect of weight reduction surgery (bariatric surgery) on the brain by measuring and comparing brain glucose metabolism pre- and post-surgery.