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Increased colonic propionate reduces anticipatory reward responses in the human striatum to high-energy foods [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), metabolites produced through the microbial fermentation of nondigestible dietary components, have key roles in energy homeostasis.
Alhabeeb, Habeeb, Busza, Albert, Byrne, Claire S., Chambers, Edward S., Chhina, Navpreet, Fitzpatrick, Julie, Fountana, Sofia, Frost, Gary S., Garcia-Perez, Isabel, Goldstone, Anthony P., Holmes, Elaine, Irani, Cherag, Morrison, Douglas J., Preston, Tom, Tedford, Catriona   +14 more
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Personalizing smoking cessation pharmacotherapy using neuroaffective reactivity profiles: A randomized controlled trial

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims By assessing neuroaffective response to motivationally relevant cues before a quit attempt, we have shown that smokers who attribute greater incentive salience to cigarette‐related cues than non‐cigarette‐related rewards (Sign‐trackers, ST) benefit more from varenicline compared with smokers with the opposite neuroaffective
Francesco Versace, Charles E. Green, Yong Cui, Jason D. Robinson, Menton M. Deweese, Jennifer A. Minnix, George Kypriotakis, Seokhun Kim, Maher Karam‐Hage, Paul M. Cinciripini   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic sensitivity to the bitter taste of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and its association with Physiological mechanisms controlling Body Mass Index (BMI) [PDF]

, 2014
Taste sensitivity to the bitter compound 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) is considered a marker for individual differences in taste perception that may influence food preferences and eating behavior, and thereby energy metabolism.
Banni S, Crnjar R, Melis M, Tepper BJ, Tomassini Barbarossa I   +4 more
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Psychedelics as pharmacotherapeutics for substance use disorders: A scoping review on clinical trials and perspectives on underlying neurobiology

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Theorized mechanism of dopamine homeostasis restoration in the nucleus accumbens core induced by a psychedelic intervention. Abstract Psychedelics have garnered great attention in recent years as treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment‐resistant depression because of their ability to alter consciousness and afflicted cognitive ...
Lucas Wittenkeller, Gary Gudelsky, T. John Winhusen, Davide Amato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bartleby’s Consensual Dysphoria [PDF]

, 2016
The 2011 Occupy Wall Street protest movement adopted what on first blush appears to be a peculiar literary mascot: Bartleby the scrivener, one of the two protagonists of the Story of Wall Street penned by Herman Melville in the middle of the nineteenth ...
West, Robin
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Salt content impacts food preferences and intake among children [PDF]

, 2013
This work was supported by a PhD grant from the Nutrition, Chemical Food Safety and Consumer Behavior Division of INRA (French National Institute for Agronomical Research, France) and the Regional Council of Burgundy (France) received by SB; and by a ...
Bouhlal, Sofia, Chabanet, Claire, Issanchou, Sylvie, Nicklaus, Sophie   +3 more
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Delineating the psychological and behavioural factors of successful weight loss maintenance [PDF]

, 2020
Overweight and obesity present alarming global health problems including detrimental health risks that call for effective interventions. Considerable research has examined behavioural and psychological factors associated with weight loss to advance the ...
Levinge, Emily, Sabot, Debbie, Stapleton, Peta Berenice   +2 more
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Is there a role for cannabidiol in obesity, metabolic syndrome and binge eating?

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant phytocannabinoids isolated from the Cannabis sativa plant. CBD is a lipophilic, non‐intoxicating substance that differently from Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) does not present the typical profile of a drug of abuse.
Luca Botticelli, Emanuela Micioni Di Bonaventura, Giacomo Einaudi, Gustavo Provensi, Alessia Costa, Claudio D'Addario, Carlo Cifani, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The nucleus accumbens shell: a neural hub at the interface of homeostatic and hedonic feeding

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Feeding behavior is a complex physiological process regulated by the interplay between homeostatic and hedonic feeding circuits. Among the neural structures involved, the nucleus accumbens (NAc) has emerged as a pivotal region at the interface of these ...
Alina-Măriuca Marinescu, Marie A. Labouesse, Marie A. Labouesse   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between mindful eating, hedonic hunger, and obesity

Revista de Nutrição
ABSTRACT Objective Hedonic hunger leads to the development of obesity by encouraging overeating and a consequent increase in energy intake. Mindful eating is predicted to help maintain a healthy weight by reducing hedonic hunger levels. This study aimed to examine the association between mindful eating, hedonic hunger, and obesity in adults living in ...
Gökçe Ünal, Yasemin Açar, Sevtap Kabalı, Melahat Sedanur Macit-Çelebi, Zeynep Uzdil, Yasemin Ertaş-Öztürk   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources