Association of leptin with food cue-induced activation in human reward pathways.

  • Martin Grosshans
  • Christian Vollmert
  • Sabine Vollstädt-Klein
  • Heike Tost
  • Saskia Leber
  • Patrick Bach
  • Mira Bühler
  • Christoph von der Goltz
  • Jochen Mutschler
  • Sabine Loeber
  • Derik Hermann
  • Klaus Wiedemann
  • Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
  • Falk Kiefer

Abstract

Overlapping neurobiological pathways between obesity and addiction disorders are currently in discussion. Whereas the hypothalamic regulation of energy homeostasis by endocrine feedback signals has been widely investigated, its interplay with mesolimbic reward-associated pathways represents a rich field of future research.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN0003-990X
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22566584