Open AccessEnhancement of Neural Salty Preference in Obesity
Author(s) -
Qiang Li,
Rongbing Jin,
Hao Yu,
Hedong Lang,
Yuanting Cui,
Shiqiang Xiong,
Fang Sun,
Chengkang He,
Daoyan Liu,
Hongbo Jia,
Xiaowei Chen,
Sijiao Chen,
Zhiming Zhu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000484122
Subject(s) - overweight , orbitofrontal cortex , medicine , obesity , taste , insula , preference , endocrinology , food science , psychology , prefrontal cortex , neuroscience , biology , psychiatry , cognition , microeconomics , economics
Obesity and high salt intake are major risk factors for hypertension and cardiometabolic diseases. Obese individuals often consume more dietary salt. We aim to examine the neurophysiologic effects underlying obesity-related high salt intake.