Open AccessFunctional Neuroimaging in Craniopharyngioma: A Useful Tool to Better Understand Hypothalamic Obesity?
Author(s) -
Christian L. Roth,
Elizabeth Aylward,
Olivia Liang,
Natalia M. Kleinhans,
Gregory Pauley,
Ellen A. Schur
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
obesity facts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1662-4033
pISSN - 1662-4025
DOI - 10.1159/000338695
Subject(s) - medicine , functional magnetic resonance imaging , orbitofrontal cortex , insula , neuroimaging , meal , amygdala , audiology , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry , prefrontal cortex , cognition , radiology
To use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in craniopharyngioma (CP) patients to examine the hypothesis that hypothalamic damage due to CP and its treatment results in enhanced perception of food reward and/or impaired central satiety processing.
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