Widespread reward-system activation in obese women in response to pictures of high-calorie foods

NeuroImage

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 636-647

  Stoeckel, Luke E ^a   Weller, Rosalyn E ^a   Cook III, Edwin W ^a   Twieg, Donald B ^b   Knowlton, Robert C ^c   Cox, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b and Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Food cues; High calorie food; Obesity; Reward system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD;

EID: 44149127949     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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