What Difference Does it Make? Risk-Taking Behavior in Obesity after a Loss is Associated with Decreased Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity

What Difference Does it Make? Risk-Taking Behavior in Obesity after a Loss is Associated with Decreased Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity

Altered activity in decision-making neural circuitry may underlie the maladaptive food choices found in obesity. Here, we aimed to identify the brain regions purportedly underpinning risk-taking behavior in individuals with obesity. Twenty-three adult women with obesity and twenty-three healthy weig...

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Main Authors: Trevor Steward, Asier Juaneda-Seguí, Gemma Mestre-Bach, Ignacio Martínez-Zalacaín, Nuria Vilarrasa, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Jose A Fernández-Formoso, Misericordia Veciana de las Heras, Nuria Custal, Nuria Virgili, Rafael Lopez-Urdiales, Amador García-Ruiz-de-Gordejuela, José M Menchón, Carles Soriano-Mas, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
obesity
fmri
risk
reward
sensation seeking
impulsivity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/10/1551

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