Endocrine Abstracts

Eating behavior is determined by both homeostatic and hedonic values. We investigated the association of hedonic value with striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) availability sub-regionally. An intravenous bolus injection of 18F-FP-CIT was administered after the infusion of glucose or placebo, and the emission data were acquired over 90 mins. DAT availability, binding potential (BPND), were measured via the simplified reference tissue method. Subje...