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
Stress as a Common Risk Factor for Obesity and Addiction
Sinha R, Jastreboff AM. Stress as a Common Risk Factor for Obesity and Addiction. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 73: 827-835. PMID: 23541000, PMCID: PMC3658316, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.032.BooksConceptsNeurobiology of stressHP foodsIncentive salienceFood motivationIntegrative heuristic modelFood-related motivationDevelopment of addictionBiology of stressNeural mechanismsNeurobiological mechanismsAddiction relapsePalatable foodAddictive drugsAllostatic loadMotivationRisk factorsSalienceHigh levelsNeurobiologyHeuristic modelEnergy homeostasisWeight gainAddictionFuture directionsDopaminergic activity