Neuroimaging and obesity: Current knowledge and future directions

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-56

  Carnell, S ^a,b   Gibson, C ^a   Benson, L ^a   Ochner, C N ^a   Geliebter, A ^a  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cue responsivity; Food reward; Mesolimbic pathway

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; LEPTIN; PEPTIDE YY;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APPETITE; ATTENTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIET RESTRICTION; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

APPETITE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FASTING; HUMANS; HUNGER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 83855162847     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00927.x     Document Type: Review

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