2013
Effects of Reduced Weight Maintenance and Leptin Repletion on Functional Connectivity of the Hypothalamus in Obese Humans
Hinkle W, Cordell M, Leibel R, Rosenbaum M, Hirsch J. Effects of Reduced Weight Maintenance and Leptin Repletion on Functional Connectivity of the Hypothalamus in Obese Humans. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e59114. PMID: 23555620, PMCID: PMC3605420, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeptin repletionRight hypothalamusFunctional connectivityFood cuesWeight lossGreater weight lossOrbital frontal cortexDorsal anterior cingulatePsychophysiological interaction analysisPlacebo injectionsObese subjectsObese populationLeptin injectionObese humansWeight maintenanceFrontal cortexAnterior cingulateHypothalamusFrontal poleInteroceptive systemPatient subjectsVisual areasDorsal ACCFood stimuliRepletion
2006
Predictive Codes for Forthcoming Perception in the Frontal Cortex
Summerfield C, Egner T, Greene M, Koechlin E, Mangels J, Hirsch J. Predictive Codes for Forthcoming Perception in the Frontal Cortex. Science 2006, 314: 1311-1314. PMID: 17124325, DOI: 10.1126/science.1132028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontal cortexIncoming sensory informationMedial frontal cortexPresence of facesPerceptual ambiguityPerceptual decisionsSensory evidenceNeural representationVisual objectsSensory environmentVisual areasPredictive codingSensory informationPredictive codePerceptionCortexFaceHuman subjectsBrainObserved evidenceDecisionsAmbiguityRepresentationEvidenceObjects