TABLE 4.

Brain regions alternations and its potential impact.

Brain regions	Experimental result	Brain function	Anticipated results
Right middle frontal gyrus	SMs < HCs	Continuous attention, emotional processing, sleep stability	Attention disorder, depression, primary insomnia
Left cerebellum	SMs > HCs	Emotional control, cognitive processing, motion control	Emotional and behavioral disorder
Right fusiform gyrus	SMs > HCs	Cognitive functions	Pure alexia, face blindness
Left inferior temporal gyrus	SMs > HCs	Mentality, visual word processing	Chronic schizophrenia, language barrier
Bilateral thalamus	SMs > HCs	Postural control, somatosensory and motor	Postural disorders, motor sensory dysfunction
Right caudate	SMs > HCs	Cognitive performance, memory, mental stability	Cognitive deficits, memory impairment
Left insula	SMs > HCs	Language expression, audiovisual perception, emotional control	Language barrier, audiovisual impairment, depression

HCs, healthy controls; SM, severe obesity and meibomian gland dysfunction.