Hunger and BMI modulate neural responses to sweet stimuli: fMRI meta-analysis

EY Chen, TA Zeffiro - International Journal of Obesity, 2020 - nature.com
Objective Consuming sweet foods, even when sated, can lead to unwanted weight gain.
Contextual factors, such as longer time fasting, subjective hunger, and body mass index …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review and activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of fMRI studies on sweet taste in humans

CA Roberts, T Giesbrecht, N Fallon, A Thomas… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: The reward value of palatable foods is often cited as an important influence on
eating behaviors, including intake of sugars. However, human neuroimaging studies have …

Neural correlates of taste and pleasantness evaluation in the metabolic syndrome

E Green, A Jacobson, L Haase, C Murphy - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of cardiometabolic abnormalities that
commonly occur together and increase risk for cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes …

Differences in brain responses between lean and obese women to a sweetened drink

L Connolly, K Coveleskie, LA Kilpatrick… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ingestion of sweet food is driven by central reward circuits and restrained by
endocrine and neurocrine satiety signals. The specific influence of sucrose intake on central …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity to sweetness correlates to elevated reward brain responses to sweet and high-fat food odors in young healthy volunteers

P Han, M Mohebbi, HS Seo, T Hummel - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Taste sensitivity relates to food preferences and macronutrients intake. The current study
investigated whether the neural responses to food odors varied in sensory quality (sweet or …

Neural responses to visual food cues according to weight status: a systematic review of functional magnetic resonance imaging studies

KM Pursey, P Stanwell, RJ Callister, K Brain… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Emerging evidence from recent neuroimaging studies suggests that specific food-related
behaviors contribute to the development of obesity. The aim of this review was to report the …

The effects of energy balance, obesity-proneness and sex on the neuronal response to sweet taste

MA Cornier, ME Shott, EA Thomas, JL Bechtell… - Behavioural brain …, 2015 - Elsevier
We have previously shown that propensity for weight gain, energy balance state and sex are
important determinants of the neuronal response to visual food cues. It is not clear, though …

Age-related changes in gustatory, homeostatic, reward, and memory processing of sweet taste in the metabolic syndrome: an fMRI study

A Jacobson, E Green, L Haase, J Szajer… - Perception, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Age affects the human taste system at peripheral and central levels. Metabolic syndrome is a
constellation of risk factors (eg, abdominal obesity and hypertension) that co-occur, increase …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior cingulate taste activation predicts ad libitum intake of sweet and savory drinks in healthy, normal-weight men

MS Spetter, C de Graaf, MA Viergever… - The Journal of nutrition, 2012 - Elsevier
After food consumption, the motivation to eat (wanting) decreases and associated brain
reward responses change. Wanting-related brain responses and how these are affected by …

Altered processing of sweet taste in the brain of diet soda drinkers

E Green, C Murphy - Physiology & behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
Artificially sweetened beverage consumption has been linked to obesity, and it has been
hypothesized that considerable exposure to nonnutritive sweeteners may be associated with …