Perceptual and brain response to odors is associated with body mass index and postprandial total ghrelin reactivity to a meal

Chemical Senses

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 233-248

  Sun, Xue ^a,b   Veldhuizen, Maria G ^a,b   Babbs, Amanda E ^b   Sinha, Rajita ^a   Small, Dana M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; fMRI; Metabolism; Olfaction; Psychophysics; Sniffing

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUNGER; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAL; OBESITY; ODOR; ODOR INTENSITY; PERCEPTION; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SNIFFING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; DIET RESTRICTION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBELLUM; FASTING; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; ODORANTS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960409805     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjv081     Document Type: Article

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