date:Jan 04, 2013
regulate appetite, motivation, and reward processing. Fructose increased connectivity between the hypothalamus and thalamus but not the striatum.
Regional CBF within the hypothalamus, thalamus, insula, anterior cingulate, and striatum (appetite and reward regions) was reduced after glucose ingestion compared with baseline; in contrast, fructose reduced regional CBF in the thalamus, hippocampus, posterior cingulate cortex, fusiform, and visual cortex.
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