Striatal Dopamine Transporter Availability Is Not Associated with Food Craving in Lean and Obese Humans; a Molecular Imaging Study
Brain dopamine signaling is essential for the motivation to eat, and obesity is associated with altered dopaminergic signaling and increased food craving. We used molecular neuroimaging to explore whether striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) availability is associated with craving as measured with th...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/f7f5e20f63874c798c4de457e279e23b |
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| Sumario: | Brain dopamine signaling is essential for the motivation to eat, and obesity is associated with altered dopaminergic signaling and increased food craving. We used molecular neuroimaging to explore whether striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) availability is associated with craving as measured with the General Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait (G-FCQ-T). We here show that humans with obesity (<i>n</i> = 34) experienced significantly more craving for food compared with lean subjects (<i>n</i> = 32), but food craving did not correlate significantly with striatal DAT availability as assessed with <sup>123</sup>I-FP-CIT single-photon emission computed tomography. We conclude that food craving is increased in obesity, but the scores for food craving are not related to changes in striatal DAT availability. |
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