2014
Leptin Is Associated With Exaggerated Brain Reward and Emotion Responses to Food Images in Adolescent Obesity
Jastreboff AM, Lacadie C, Seo D, Kubat J, Van Name MA, Giannini C, Savoye M, Constable RT, Sherwin RS, Caprio S, Sinha R. Leptin Is Associated With Exaggerated Brain Reward and Emotion Responses to Food Images in Adolescent Obesity. Diabetes Care 2014, 37: 3061-3068. PMID: 25139883, PMCID: PMC4207200, DOI: 10.2337/dc14-0525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-calorie foodsBrain responsesFood imagesEmotion processingEmotion responsesAdolescent brainNeural responsesNeural activationHigh-calorie food consumptionFood cravingsNeural alterationsBrain rewardFunctional MRIAdolescent obesityRisk of overconsumptionAdolescentsObesity-related metabolic changesEndogenous leptin levelsFood advertisingMetabolic changesYouthDevelopment of obesityType 2 diabetesLean adolescentsNation's youth
2013
Linking an Obesity-Associated Gene Variant, Ghrelin, and the Brain
Jastreboff A. Linking an Obesity-Associated Gene Variant, Ghrelin, and the Brain. Science Translational Medicine 2013, 5 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007044.Peer-Reviewed Original Research