Supra-Additive Effects of Combining Fat and Carbohydrate on Food Reward

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 33-44.e3

  DiFeliceantonio, Alexandra G ^a,b,e,f   Coppin, Géraldine ^a,c   Rigoux, Lionel ^a,h   Edwin Thanarajah, Sharmili ^a,g   Dagher, Alain ^d,f   Tittgemeyer, Marc ^a,f   Small, Dana M ^b,e,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carbohydrate; dopamine; fat; fMRI; food reward; gut brain axis; neural circuits; reinforcement; striatum; value

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CALORIC DENSITY; CALORIE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORSAL STRIATUM; ENERGY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REWARD; THALAMUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REWARD;

EID: 85048565877     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.05.018     Document Type: Article

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