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Zhao, S. ; Semeia, L. ; Veit, R. ; Luo, S.* ; Angelo, B.C.* ; Chow, T.* ; Birkenfeld, A.L. ; Preissl, H. ; Xiang, A.H.* ; Page, K.A.* ; Kullmann, S.

Exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero impacts hippocampal functional connectivity in response to food cues in children.

Int. J. Obes., DOI: 10.1038/s41366-024-01608-1 (2024)
Verlagsversion DOI PMC
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Creative Commons Lizenzvertrag
OBJECTIVES: Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases the risk of obesity in the offspring, but little is known about the underlying neural mechanisms. The hippocampus is crucial for food intake regulation and is vulnerable to the effects of obesity. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether GDM exposure affects hippocampal functional connectivity during exposure to food cues using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). METHODS: Participants were 90 children age 7-11 years (53 females) who underwent an fMRI-based visual food cue task in the fasted state. Hippocampal functional connectivity (FC) was examined using generalized psychophysiological interaction in response to food versus non-food cues. Hippocampal FC was compared between children with and without GDM exposure, while controlling for possible confounding effects of age, sex and waist-to-hip ratio. In addition, the influence of childhood and maternal obesity were investigated using multiple regression models. RESULTS: While viewing high caloric food cues compared to non-food cure, children with GDM exposure exhibited higher hippocampal FC to the insula and striatum (i.e., putamen, pallidum and nucleus accumbens) compared to unexposed children. With increasing BMI, children with GDM exposure had lower hippocampal FC to the somatosensory cortex (i.e., postcentral gyrus). CONCLUSIONS: Intrauterine exposure to GDM was associated with higher food-cue induced hippocampal FC especially to reward processing regions. Future studies with longitudinal measurements are needed to clarify whether altered hippocampal FC may raise the risk of the development of metabolic diseases later in life.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Brain Reward; Body-weight; Images; Activation; Insulin; Regions; Lunch; Risk; Fmri
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0307-0565
e-ISSN 1476-5497
Zeitschrift International Journal of Obesity
Verlag Nature Publishing Group
Verlagsort Campus, 4 Crinan St, London, N1 9xw, England
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM)