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
Hauptverfasser: Ferreira de Sá, Diana S, Schulz, André, Streit, Fabian E, Turner, Jonathan D, Oitzl, Melly S, Blumenthal, Terry D, Schächinger, Hartmut
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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.
ISSN:0306-4530
1873-3360
DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.09.006