The effects of prefrontal cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food craving and temporal discounting in women with frequent food cravings

Appetite

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-62

  Kekic, Maria ^a   McClelland, Jessica ^a   Campbell, Iain ^a   Nestler, Steffen ^a   Rubia, Katya ^a   David, Anthony S ^a   Schmidt, Ulrike ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Eating disorders; Food cravings; Obesity; Temporal discounting (TD); Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD CRAVING; FOOD INTAKE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EATING; FOOD PREFERENCE; IMPULSIVENESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TASTE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CRAVING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASTE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897409103     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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