Reduced nucleus accumbens and caudate nucleus activation to a pleasant taste is associated with obesity in older adults

Brain Research

Volumn 1386, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-117

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate; fMRI; Gustatory; Nucleus accumbens; Reward value; Taste

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SUCROSE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOCIETY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE; TASTE AVERSION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; REWARD; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953867756     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.02.071     Document Type: Article

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