Prefronto-cerebellar neuromodulation affects appetite in obesity

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 43; no. 10; pp. 2119 - 2124
• Main Authors: Marron, Elena M., Viejo-Sobera, Raquel, Cuatrecasas, Guillem, Redolar-Ripoll, Diego, Lorda, Pilar García, Datta, Abhishek, Bikson, Marom, Magerowski, Greta, Alonso-Alonso, Miguel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/378; 692/308/575; Adult; Analysis; Appetite; Appetite - physiology; Body mass index; Body size; Brief Communication; Cerebellum; Cognitive ability; Cross-Over Studies; Direct current; Electrical stimulation of the brain; Electrical stimuli; Epidemiology; ESB; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Female; Food; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Hunger; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical imaging; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Experimental; Memory; Memory tasks; Mental task performance; Metabolic Diseases; Motor task performance; Neurofeedback; Neuroimaging; Neurology; Neuromodulation; Obesity; Obesity - physiopathology; Obesity - therapy; Pilot Projects; Prefrontal Cortex; Public Health; Short term memory; Spain - epidemiology; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Treatment Outcome; Spain
• ISSN: 0307-0565; 1476-5497; 1476-5497
• DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0278-8

Human neuroimaging studies have consistently reported changes in cerebellar function and integrity in association with obesity. To date, however, the nature of this link has not been studied directly. Emerging evidence suggests a role for the cerebellum in higher cognitive functions through reciproc...