2023
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Reducing the Relative Reinforcing Value of Food in Adult Patients With Obesity Pursuing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Protocol for a Pilot, Within-Participants, Sham-Controlled Trial
Bond D, Papasavas P, Raynor H, Grilo C, Steele V. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Reducing the Relative Reinforcing Value of Food in Adult Patients With Obesity Pursuing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Protocol for a Pilot, Within-Participants, Sham-Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2023, 12: e50714. PMID: 37930756, PMCID: PMC10660230, DOI: 10.2196/50714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationBrain reward processingRRV of foodTranscranial magnetic stimulationSham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationReward processingValue of foodMagnetic stimulationLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexNoninvasive brain stimulation techniqueINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERNeural reward circuitsSham-controlled crossover designFood reinforcementDorsolateral prefrontal cortexBrain stimulation techniquesSham rTMS conditionNeural measuresLine of researchActive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationFood rewardPrefrontal cortexPalatable foodReward circuitHigher food reinforcement
2013
A pilot study linking reduced fronto–Striatal recruitment during reward processing to persistent bingeing following treatment for binge‐eating disorder
Balodis IM, Grilo CM, Kober H, Worhunsky PD, White MA, Stevens MC, Pearlson GD, Potenza MN. A pilot study linking reduced fronto–Striatal recruitment during reward processing to persistent bingeing following treatment for binge‐eating disorder. International Journal Of Eating Disorders 2013, 47: 376-384. PMID: 24729034, PMCID: PMC3986812, DOI: 10.1002/eat.22204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBinge-eating disorderFunctional magnetic resonance imagingReward processingMonetary incentive delay taskInferior frontal gyrusIncentive delay taskBinge-eating statusMedial prefrontal cortexBrain reward circuitryNeural correlatesDelay taskSpecific brain regionsFrontal gyrusNeurobiological underpinningsOutcome phasePrefrontal cortexReward circuitryVentral striatumAnticipatory phaseBrain regionsTreatment outcomesDiminished recruitmentProcessingMagnetic resonance imagingIndividualsDivergent neural substrates of inhibitory control in binge eating disorder relative to other manifestations of obesity
Balodis IM, Molina ND, Kober H, Worhunsky PD, White MA, Sinha R, Grilo CM, Potenza MN. Divergent neural substrates of inhibitory control in binge eating disorder relative to other manifestations of obesity. Obesity 2013, 21: 367-377. PMID: 23404820, PMCID: PMC3610836, DOI: 10.1002/oby.20068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior frontal gyrusCognitive controlBED groupNeural correlatesStroop color-word interference taskColor-word interference taskRight inferior frontal gyrusVentromedial prefrontal cortexDivergent neural substratesFunctional magnetic resonanceInterference taskStroop performanceVmPFC activationDietary restraint scoresInhibitory processingDiminished abilityNeural substratesComparison participantsFrontal gyrusInhibitory controlBiobehavioral processesPrefrontal cortexDietary restraintBehavioral controlRelative hypoactivity