title: Milk and dairy consumption correlates with cerebral cortical as well as cerebral white matter volume in healthy young adults.
abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the relation between habitual milk and dairy consumption and brain morphology as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigations in 119 young healthy university students. MRI measurements were performed on a Siemens Magnetom Trio Tim (3T) system while FreeSurfer software suite was used for volumetric segmentation. Dietary habits related to milk and dairy consumption were assessed by a structured questionnaire. Total cerebral cortex, total cerebral white matter, and total cerebral parenchyma were significantly related with cottage cheese and total protein intake from milk and dairy also when controlled for age and gender in the multivariate model. Our results indicate that dietary habits related with milk and dairy are proportionally associated with volumes of both cerebral cortex and cerebral white matter.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darnai
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Enikő
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plózer
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .|b Pécs Diagnostic Centre , Pécs , Hungary .|c MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perlaki
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .|b Pécs Diagnostic Centre , Pécs , Hungary .|c MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Gergely
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.affiliation: b Pécs Diagnostic Centre , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Szilvia Anett
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Réka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.affiliation: c MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group , Pécs , Hungary .|d Department of Neurosurgery , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwarcz
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .|e Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences , Budapest , Hungary , and.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altbäcker
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .|c MTA-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group , Pécs , Hungary .
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janszky
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Pécs , Pécs , Hungary .|f National Institute of Clinical Neuroscience , Budapest , Hungary.
authors.forename: Zsófia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Clemens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D002611:Cheese; D003611:Dairy Products; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009929:Organ Size; D012016:Reference Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D066127:White Matter / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008894:Milk Proteins
keywords: Brain volumetry; cheese; cottage cheese; milk consumption; total milk-diary protein