Reduction in neural activation to high-calorie food cues in obese endometrial cancer survivors after a behavioral lifestyle intervention: a pilot study

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nock, Nora L ^a,b   Dimitropolous, Anastasia ^b   Tkach, Jean ^a   Frasure, Heidi ^c   vonGruenigen, Vivan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; fMRI; High calorie foods; Lifestyle intervention; Obesity; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEATH; EATING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REWARD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BODY WATER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84862620024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-74     Document Type: Article

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