Genetics and the placebo effect: the placebome

KT Hall, J Loscalzo, TJ Kaptchuk - Trends in molecular medicine, 2015 - cell.com
Placebos are indispensable controls in randomized clinical trials (RCTs), and placebo
responses significantly contribute to routine clinical outcomes. Recent neurophysiological …

[HTML][HTML] Hedonic and incentive signals for body weight control

E Egecioglu, KP Skibicka, C Hansson… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2011 - Springer
Here we review the emerging neurobiological understanding of the role of the brain's reward
system in the regulation of body weight in health and in disease. Common obesity is …

Identification of entacapone as a chemical inhibitor of FTO mediating metabolic regulation through FOXO1

S Peng, W Xiao, D Ju, B Sun, N Hou, Q Liu… - Science Translational …, 2019 - science.org
Recent studies have established the involvement of the fat mass and obesity-associated
gene (FTO) in metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. However, the precise …

Effects of tea and coffee on cardiovascular disease risk

SK Bøhn, NC Ward, JM Hodgson, KD Croft - Food & function, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Tea and coffee have been associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), both
positively and negatively. Epidemiological data suggest that black and green tea may …

Dopamine D1 receptor gene expression decreases in the nucleus accumbens upon long-term exposure to palatable food and differs depending on diet-induced …

J Alsiö, PK Olszewski, AH Norbäck, ZEA Gunnarsson… - Neuroscience, 2010 - Elsevier
The nucleus accumbens (NAcc) mediates feeding reward; its activity reflects tastants'
hedonic value. NAcc dopamine guides immediate responses to reward, however, its …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer biology and prevention in diabetes

SP Srivastava, JE Goodwin - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The available evidence suggests a complex relationship between diabetes and cancer.
Epidemiological data suggest a positive correlation, however, in certain types of cancer, a …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal androgen exposure causes a sexually dimorphic transgenerational increase in offspring susceptibility to anxiety disorders

S Risal, M Manti, H Lu, R Fornes, H Larsson… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
If and how obesity and elevated androgens in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
(PCOS) affect their offspring's psychiatric health is unclear. Using data from Swedish …

Catecholamines and obesity: effects of exercise and training

H Zouhal, S Lemoine-Morel, ME Mathieu, GA Casazza… - Sports Medicine, 2013 - Springer
Excess body fat in obese individuals can affect the catecholamine response to various
stimuli. Indeed, several studies report lower plasma catecholamine concentrations in obese …

The role of obesity in the pathogenesis of hypertension

YE Bogaert, S Linas - Nature clinical practice Nephrology, 2009 - nature.com
The rapid rise in the incidence and prevalence of obesity and the concomitant increase in
the incidence and prevalence of hypertension have fueled investigation into the role of …

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT): An Update on Its Role in Cancer, Neurological and Cardiovascular Diseases

P Bastos, T Gomes, L Ribeiro - Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is an enzyme that catalyses the methylation
of catechol substrates, classically in catecholamine metabolism, but also acting upon other …