Sustained visceral fat loss is associated with attenuated brain atrophy and improved cognitive function in late midlife

Dafna Pachter; Hadar Klein; Omer Kamer; Dana Tamar Goldberg Toren; Liav Alufer; Noa Ebstein Karamani; Tomer Atlas; Amit Yaary; Idan Hagbi; Yoash Chassidim; Ilan Shelef; Moti Salti; Frauke Beyer; Veronica Witte; Assaf Rudich; Uri Yoel; Gal Ben-Arie; Anat Yaskolka Meir; Alon Kaplan; Gal Tsaban; Hila Zelicha; Carmi Bartal; Lu Qi; Matthias Blüher; Michael Stumvoll; Uta Ceglarek; Berend Isermann; Dong D. Wang; Meir J. Stampfer; Frank B. Hu; Galia Avidan; Iris Shai

doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71141-4

Sustained visceral fat loss is associated with attenuated brain atrophy and improved cognitive function in late midlife

D Dafna Pachter H Hadar Klein O Omer Kamer D Dana Tamar Goldberg Toren L Liav Alufer N Noa Ebstein Karamani T Tomer Atlas A Amit Yaary I Idan Hagbi Y Yoash Chassidim I Ilan Shelef M Moti Salti F Frauke Beyer V Veronica Witte A Assaf Rudich U Uri Yoel G Gal Ben-Arie A Anat Yaskolka Meir A Alon Kaplan G Gal Tsaban H Hila Zelicha C Carmi Bartal L Lu Qi (Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering) M Matthias Blüher M Michael Stumvoll U Uta Ceglarek B Berend Isermann D Dong D. Wang M Meir J. Stampfer F Frank B. Hu (Department of Nutritional Epidemiology) G Galia Avidan I Iris Shai

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Journal Nature Communications

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1

Published March 26, 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-71141-4

ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher Nature Portfolio

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Nature Communications

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ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (32)

D

Dafna Pachter

H

Hadar Klein

O

Omer Kamer

D

Dana Tamar Goldberg Toren

L

Liav Alufer

N

Noa Ebstein Karamani

T

Tomer Atlas

A

Amit Yaary

I

Idan Hagbi

Y

Yoash Chassidim

I

Ilan Shelef

M

Moti Salti

F

Frauke Beyer

V

Veronica Witte

A

Assaf Rudich

U

Uri Yoel

G

Gal Ben-Arie

A

Anat Yaskolka Meir

A

Alon Kaplan

G

Gal Tsaban

H

Hila Zelicha

C

Carmi Bartal

L

Lu Qi

Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Science of Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Science Center for Material Creation and Energy Conversion, Institute of Frontier Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

M

Matthias Blüher

M

Michael Stumvoll

U

Uta Ceglarek

B

Berend Isermann

D

Dong D. Wang

M

Meir J. Stampfer

F

Frank B. Hu

Department of Nutritional Epidemiology

G

Galia Avidan

I

Iris Shai

Sustained visceral fat loss is associated with attenuated brain atrophy and improved cognitive function in late midlife

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Authors (32)

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