Sex differences in cerebral responses to images of high versus low-calorie food

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 354-358

  Killgore, William D S ^a   Yurgelun Todd, Deborah A ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b The Brain Institute at the University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Calorie; FMRI; Food; Insula; Limbic system; Neuroimaging; Prefrontal cortex; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH CALORY DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949474743     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833774f7     Document Type: Article

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