Interoception refers to the representation of the internal states of an organism, and includes
the processes by which it senses, interprets, integrates, and regulates signals from within …

Obesity has tripled over the past 40 years to become a major public health issue, as it is
linked with increased mortality and elevated risk for various physical and neuropsychiatric …

Obesity has been variously linked to differences in brain functional connectivity in regions
associated with reward, emotional regulation and cognition, potentially revealing neural …

Multimodal neuroimaging assessments were utilized to identify generalizable brain
correlates of current body mass index (BMI) and predictors of pathological weight gain (ie …

Obesity is the second most common cause of preventable morbidity worldwide. Resting-
state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used extensively to …

Background This study aimed to investigate the dynamic interactions among three neural
systems that are implicated in substance and behavioral addictions in response to food cues …

Increased fMRI food cue reactivity in obesity, ie higher responses to high-vs. low-calorie
food images, is a promising marker of the dysregulated brain reward system underlying …

Background Oxytocin (OXT), shown to decrease food intake in animal models and men, is a
promising novel treatment for obesity. We have shown that in men with overweight and …

Background Major depressive disorder has a complex, bidirectional relationship with
metabolic dysfunction, but the neural correlates of this association are not well understood …

Background Interoception, the perception of the internal state of the body, offers an
underrepresented and intriguing potential avenue for altering lifestyle-related behaviors …