Brain Areas Responsible for Food Cravings (IMAGE)

Imperial College London

Brain Areas Responsible for Food Cravings

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Areas of the brain associated with food cravings. The areas marked in blue and yellow -- called the caudate and the nucleus accumbens -- showed reduced activation to high-calorie foods when the volunteers took the propionate food supplement.

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Dr Tony Goldstone, Imperial College London

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