Increased Brain Fatty Acid Uptake in Metabolic Syndrome

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Patients with metabolic syndrome take up MORE saturated fat in their brains than people without metabolic syndrome in this amazing imaging study from Finland. HIGHEST center of uptake was the hypothalamus. https://t.co/uVFUIMW1dE https://t.co/1gW9KmXQSM

@alain_dagher There is one paper showing increased fatty acid uptake in the brain of obese patients (using 11C-palmitate & 18F-FTHA) with some white/grey matter & regional specificity. Whether it results from a damaged BBB and/or changes in FAO…

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