Brain reward systems mediate liking and wanting for food reward. Here, we explore the differential involvement of the following structures for these two components: the ventral and dorsal striatopallidal area, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), anterior insula and anterior cingulate. Twelve healthy female participants were asked to rate pleasantness (liking of food and non-food odors) and the desire t...

After eating a meal several subjective and behavioural changes occur. Normally hunger is reduced, the feeling of fullness increases and eating is inhibited. This state is called post-ingestive satiety: the inhibition of appetite resulting from food consumption. What mechanisms control this phenomenon? During and after eating there occurs a series of overlapping physiological responses, most of ...

Research on the influence of relationships among satiety, muscle mass, and outdoor environmental factors is sparse. In this work the relationships among satiety feeling, body composition, and outdoor environmental factors on eating in healthy young Japanese women are investigated. Fifty three (53) women were examined over an approximately 2-year period. All participants ate the same lunch; feel...

Abstract Hunger and satiety drive eating behaviours via changes in brain function. The hypothalamus is a central component of the networks that regulate food intake. Animal research parsed roles lateral (LH) medial (MH) hunger satiety, respectively. Here, we examined how change information flow between human LH MH networks, these interactions are influenced by body mass index (BMI). Forty parti...

This paper reviews involvement of the serotonergic system in the control of food intake and satiety. It is of great interest to understand the relevance of this system for physiological control of energy balance and obesity. Over 35 years of research suggest that serotonin (5-HT) plays an important role in satiety. Thus, the serotonergic system has been a viable target for weight control. The 5...

While effects of hunger on motivation and food reward value are well-established, far less is known about the effects of hunger on cognitive processes. Here, we deployed the emotional blink of attention paradigm to investigate the impact of visual food cues on attentional capture under conditions of hunger and satiety. Participants were asked to detect targets which appeared in a rapid visual s...

BACKGROUND An impaired ability to compensate for calories and increased eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) has been associated with increased energy intake and weight gain in unrelated children. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to compare caloric compensation [the percentage compensation index (%COMPX)] and EAH in weight-discordant siblings aged 5-12 y. DESIGN In a crossover, behavi...