Oxytocin administration suppresses hypothalamic activation in response to visual food cues

Abstract The aim of this study was to use functional neuroimaging to investigate whether oxytocin modulates the neural response to visual food cues in brain regions involved in the control of food intake. Twenty-four normal weight volunteers received intranasal oxytocin (24 IU) or placebo in a doubl...

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Main Authors: Agatha A. van der Klaauw, Hisham Ziauddeen, Julia M. Keogh, Elana Henning, Sekesai Dachi, Paul C. Fletcher, I. Sadaf Farooqi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04600-0