2019
Rethinking Food Reward
de Araujo IE, Schatzker M, Small DM. Rethinking Food Reward. Annual Review Of Psychology 2019, 71: 1-26. PMID: 31561741, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood rewardReward regionsHedonic qualityBrain neural pathwaysSubliminal signalsCognitive processesBrain reward regionsConscious perceptionDietary decisionsCortical networksFlavor perceptionCaloric foodNeural pathwaysFood reinforcementRewardUncontrolled desirePerceptionDietary choicesOvereatingRecent animalHuman studiesTraditional modelsSensory receptorsDesireFindings
2018
Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans
Thanarajah SE, Backes H, DiFeliceantonio AG, Albus K, Cremer AL, Hanssen R, Lippert RN, Cornely OA, Small DM, Brüning JC, Tittgemeyer M. Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans. Cell Metabolism 2018, 29: 695-706.e4. PMID: 30595479, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopaminergic circuitsHigher cognitive centersSegregated brain regionsPeripheral physiological signalsPalatable food intakeReward valueDopamine releaseCognitive centersSubjective desireBrain regionsBrain areasUnderlying reinforcementFood intakeDorsal striatumRole of brainPhysiological signalsFood selection behaviorIntegrative pathwaysFMRIDesirePET methodBrainHumansIntakeSelection behavior
2012
Neuroimaging the interaction of mind and metabolism in humans
D’Agostino A, Small DM. Neuroimaging the interaction of mind and metabolism in humans. Molecular Metabolism 2012, 1: 10-20. PMID: 24024114, PMCID: PMC3757655, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2012.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingParticular mental processesNeural circuitsInteraction of mindFood cuesMental processesBrain responsesNeural responsesPsychological stateFunctional neuroimagingNeuroimaging techniquesDecision-making processMagnetic resonance imagingHormonal factorsCuesResonance imagingNeuroimagingMetabolic signalsMindHormonal signalsDesireSatietyBehaviorIntakeResponse