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ea0099oc4.1 | Oral Communications 4: Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | Part I | ECE2024

Glucose-loaded dopamine transporter is associated with mood altering effect of sweet foods and control over eating sweets

Pak Kyoungjune , Kim Jihyun , Kim Keunyoung , Seo Seongho , Lee Myung Jun

Introduction: Craving for sweet taste is innate, and spans all ages in humans. The hedonic response to sweet taste predicts the future weight gain in humans. In this study, we investigated the association of sweet taste questionnaires (STQ) with dopamine transporter and brain glucose uptake.Methods: Thirty-five healthy, nonobese male subjects were enrolled in this study. Each subject visited the institution three times, on separate days, for three brain ...