Chronic stress exposure may affect the brain's response to high calorie food cues and predispose to obesogenic eating habits

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-242

  Tryon, Matthew S ^a   Carter, Cameron S ^a,b   DeCant, Rashel ^a   Laugero, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive control; Food; Habits; Neuroimaging; Reward; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EATING HABIT; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REWARD; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EXECUTIVE CONTROL; FOOD; HABITS; NEUROIMAGING; REWARD; STRESS;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BODY MASS INDEX; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENERGY INTAKE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBESITY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883824312     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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