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Kullmann, S. ; Frank, S.* ; Heni, M.* ; Ketterer, C.* ; Veit, R.* ; Häring, H.-U. ; Fritsche, A. ; Preissl, H.

Intranasal insulin modulates intrinsic reward and prefrontal circuitry of the human brain in lean women.

Neuroendocrinology 97, 176-182 (2013)
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Aim: There is accumulating evidence that food consumption is controlled by a wide range of brain circuits outside of the homeostatic system. Activation in these brain circuits may override the homeostatic system and also contribute to the enormous increase of obesity. However, little is known about the influence of hormonal signals on the brain's non-homeostatic system. Thus, selective insulin action in the brain was investigated by using intranasal application. Methods: We performed 'resting-state' functional magnetic resonance imaging in 17 healthy lean female subjects to assess intrinsic brain activity by fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations (fALFF) before, 30 and 90 min after application of intranasal insulin. Results: Here, we showed that insulin modulates intrinsic brain activity in the hypothalamus and orbitofrontal cortex. Furthermore, we could show that the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex response to insulin is associated with body mass index. Conclusion: This demonstrates that hormonal signals as insulin may reduce food intake by modifying the reward and prefrontal circuitry of the human brain, thereby potentially decreasing the rewarding properties of food. Due to the alarming increase in obesity worldwide, it is of great importance to identify neural mechanisms of interaction between the homeostatic and non-homeostatic system to generate new targets for obesity therapy.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging; Insulin; Obesity; Food reward; Central-nervous-system ; Low-frequency Fluctuation ; State Functional Mri ; Glucose-ingestion ; Food-intake ; Dopamine Transporter ; Orbitofrontal Cortex ; Messenger-rna ; Obesity ; Memory
Language english
Publication Year 2013
Prepublished in Year 2012
HGF-reported in Year 2012
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0028-3835
e-ISSN 1423-0194
Quellenangaben Volume: 97, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-182 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Karger
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 90000 - German Center for Diabetes Research
Research field(s) Helmholtz Diabetes Center
PSP Element(s) G-502400-001
PubMed ID 22922661
Erfassungsdatum 2012-11-29