ea0041s27.2 | Why do we gain weight; homeostasis and rewards of ingestive behaviour | ECE2016
Brassen Stefanie
As part of the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TR-SFB134 we study central insulin effects on hedonic food processing across the life-span. So far, 48 younger participants across a wide weight-range (BMI: 1838) were investigated with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during a hedonic food processing task after receiving intranasal insulin (160UI) or placebo in a cross-over design after an overnight fast. Imaging results during the placebo session re...