date:Jan 04, 2013
20 adults underwent two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans at Yale University in conjunction with fructose or glucose drink ingestion in a blinded, random-order, crossover design study.
The researchers uncovered the fact that there was a significantly greater reduction in hypothalamic CBF after glucose when compared with fructose ingestion.
Glucose ingestion (compared with baseline) increased functional connectivity between the hypothalamus and the thalamus and striatum brain regions that