Cortisol, but not intranasal insulin, affects the central processing of visual food cues
Highlights • This is a placebo-controlled psychoendocrinological study in humans. • Oral cortisol and intranasal insulin were administered to act on the brain. • Effects on the processing of visual food stimuli were studied by startle methodology. • Cortisol enhances the reward value of “high glycem...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014-12, Vol.50, p.311-320 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Highlights • This is a placebo-controlled psychoendocrinological study in humans. • Oral cortisol and intranasal insulin were administered to act on the brain. • Effects on the processing of visual food stimuli were studied by startle methodology. • Cortisol enhances the reward value of “high glycemic” food cues. • No effect of insulin was found. |
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ISSN: | 0306-4530 1873-3360 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.09.006 |