Brain Functions in Patients Before and After Bariatric Surgery

University Hospital Tuebingen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Adiposity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01900483

BSD

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project will specifically focus on the examination of the influence of substantial weight loss due to bariatric surgery on brain functions. Our hypothesis is that substantial weight loss after Bariatric Surgery (BS) is also accompanied by changes in the balance of reward and inhibitory networks in diabetic subjects. Therefore the investigators will conduct a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigating functional measures.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• bariatric surgery in the past or in the future
• diabetes (at least before surgery)

Exclusion criteria

• fMRI contraindications
• claustrophobia

Trial design

24 participants in 2 patient groups

pre bariatric surgery

post bariatric surgery