Variability in reward responsivity and obesity: Evidence from brain imaging studies

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Burger, Kyle S ^a   Stice, Eric ^a  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dopamine; Food reward; Functional MRI; Neuroimaging; Obesity; Striatum; Taqia a1 allele

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADDICTION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTICIPATION; ASSOCIATION; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GUSTATORY CORTEX; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; OVERNUTRITION; PALATABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUGAR INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80055119979     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: 18744745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711104030182     Document Type: Review

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