Where is the comfort in comfort foods? Mechanisms linking fat signaling, reward, and emotion

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-315

  Weltens, N ^a   Zhao, D ^a   Van Oudenhove, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fat; Gut brain signaling; Interoception; Reward; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; FAT; GUT-BRAIN SIGNALING; INTEROCEPTION; REWARD; SENSORY PROCESSING;

BRAIN; DIETARY FATS; EATING; EMOTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; REWARD;

EID: 84894080720     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12309     Document Type: Review

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