Widespread reward-system activation in obese women in response to pictures of high-calorie foods

By Luke E. Stoeckel, Rosalyn E. Weller, Edwin W. Cook III, Donald B. Twieg, Robert C. Knowlton, James E. Cox. NeuroImage, 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
2. E. Watkins
3. Nora D. Volkow
4. James E. Cox
5. Edwin W. Cook III
6. Rosalyn E. Weller
7. Donna L. Murdaugh
8. Eric Stice

In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
2. Nora D. Volkow
3. R. Baler
4. Gene-Jack Wang
5. E. Watkins
6. Dardo Tomasi
7. James E. Cox
8. Edwin W. Cook III

In Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

1. Nora D. Volkow
2. James E. Cox
3. Gene-Jack Wang
4. Edwin W. Cook III
5. R. Baler
6. Rosalyn E. Weller

Citations in the corpus

• Body mass correlates inversely with inhibitory control in response to food among adolescent girls: An fMRI study (2010, positive): “, 2004) and show heightened response to appetizing food cues in regions of the brain that encode the sensory properties of food (Rothemund et al., 2007; Stice et al., 2008b; Stoeckel et al., 2008).”
• Pro v Con Reviews: Is Food Addictive? (2012, result): “The hypothesis of compensatory overeating is consistent with preclinical evidence showing that decreased DA activity in VTA results in a dramatic increase in the consumption of high-fat foods (89).”
• The first taste is always with the eyes: A meta-analysis on the neural correlates of processing visual food cues (2011, background): “Multiple neuroimaging studies showed that overweight and obese subjects respond differently to food pictures compared to normal-weight subjects (e.g., Martin et al., 2009; Rothemund et al, 2007; Stoeckel et al., 2008).”
• Dissociation of neural networks for anticipation and consumption of monetary and social rewards (2010, positive): “…amygdala response to reward consumption processes for sexually arousing visual stimuli (Hamann et al., 2004), food images (Beaver et al., 2006; Stoeckel et al., 2008), monetary reward (Bjork et al., 2004; Breiter et al., 2001; Dreher et al., 2007; Elliott et al., 2003; Ernst et al., 2005),…”
• fMRI Reactivity to High-Calorie Food Pictures Predicts Short- and Long-Term Outcome in a Weight-Loss Program (2012, methodology): “Indeed, our results are congruent with those of other neuroimaging experiments providing evidence for an “orexigenic network” that encompasses such regions as the insula, VTA, NAc, and ACC, which are more active during hunger and fasting and are thought to motivate one to consume calorically-dense f”
• Relation of Reward from Food Intake and Anticipated Food Intake to Obesity: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (2008, positive): “, 2004); that exposure to food cues results in greater activation in the right parietal and temporal cortices in obese but not lean individuals (Karhunen et al., 1997; Stoeckel et al., 2008); that obese individuals show greater activation in dorsal striatum, insula, claustrum, and somatosensory cort”
• A Heuristic for Developing Transdiagnostic Models of Psychopathology (2011, background): “…areas in response to food cues in obese than in nonobese participants (Rothemund et al., 2007; Stice, Spoor, Bohon, Veldhuizen, & Small, 2008; Stoeckel et al., 2008), and greater reactivity in this brain area predicted future weight gain (Stice, Yokum, Bohon, Marti, & Smolen, 2010).”