Acute stress potentiates brain response to milkshake as a function of body weight and chronic stress

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 309-316

  Rudenga, K J ^a,b   Sinha, R ^a   Small, D M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

neuroimaging; obesity and the brain; risk factors for obesity; stress potentiates brain response to food in obese with chronic stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULA; OBESITY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; THALAMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; OBESITY; REWARD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THALAMUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84873732148     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.39     Document Type: Article

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