Integration of Sweet Taste and Metabolism Determines Carbohydrate Reward

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 2476-2485.e6

  Veldhuizen, Maria Geraldine ^a,b   Babbs, Richard Keith ^a,b   Patel, Barkha ^a,b   Fobbs, Wambura ^a   Kroemer, Nils B ^a,b,c   Garcia, Elizabeth ^a   Yeomans, Martin R ^d   Small, Dana M ^a,b  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

dopamine; energy expenditure; fMRI; gustation; gut brain axis; metabolism; nucleus accumbens; obesity; sugar

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; REWARD; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; REWARD; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028307211     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.018     Document Type: Article

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