Age-related functional changes in gustatory and reward processing regions: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 602-610

  Jacobson, Aaron ^a   Green, Erin ^b   Murphy, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; FMRI; Gustatory; Neuroimaging; Reward value; Taste

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SATIETY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REWARD; SATIETY RESPONSE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SUCROSE; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956062835     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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