Association of body mass and brain activation during gastric distention: implications for obesity.

Association of body mass and brain activation during gastric distention: implications for obesity.

BACKGROUND:Gastric distention (GD), as it occurs during meal ingestion, signals a full stomach and it is one of the key mechanisms controlling food intake. Previous studies on GD showed lower activation of the amygdala for subjects with higher body mass index (BMI). Since obese subjects have dopamin...

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Main Authors: Dardo Tomasi, Gene-Jack Wang, Ruiliang Wang, Walter Backus, Allan Geliebter, Frank Telang, Millar C Jayne, Christopher Wong, Joanna S Fowler, Nora D Volkow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2729391?pdf=render

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