Taste, olfactory and food texture reward processing in the brain and the control of appetite

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-501

  Rolls, Edmund T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fat; Food texture; Sensory specific satiety; Taste

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; APPETITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD TEXTURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HABITUATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; ORBITAL CORTEX; PALATABILITY; PORTION SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; SATIETY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STRESS; VISCOSITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

APPETITE REGULATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; HUNGER; HYPERPHAGIA; LEARNING; OBESITY; REWARD; SATIATION; SENSATION; SMELL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TASTE; TEMPERATURE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84868281083     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665112000821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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