Ventral and Dorsal Striatum Networks in Obesity: Link to Food Craving and Weight Gain

• Published in: Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 81; no. 9; pp. 789 - 796
• Main Authors: Contreras-Rodríguez, Oren, Martín-Pérez, Cristina, Vilar-López, Raquel, Verdejo-Garcia, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Body Mass Index; Body mass index change; Brain - physiopathology; Brain Mapping; Corpus Striatum - physiopathology; Craving - physiology; Excess weight; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Female; Food craving; Functional connectivity; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Neural Pathways - physiopathology; Neuropsychological Tests; Obesity; Obesity - physiopathology; Psychiatric/Mental Health; Striatum; Weight Gain; Functional connectivity; Obesity; Striatum; Food craving; Body mass index change; Excess weight

The food addiction model proposes that obesity overlaps with addiction in terms of neurobiological alterations in the striatum and related clinical manifestations (i.e., craving and persistence of unhealthy habits). Therefore, we aimed to examine the functional connectivity of the striatum in excess...