Overeating And Weight Gain Contributing To Onset Of Diabetes Could Be Related To A Deficit In Reward Circuits In The Brain
Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain, researchers have identified a sweet spot that operates in a disorderly way when simple sugars are introduced to people with insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes…
June 13, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, disorderly-way, insulin-resistance, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, pet, positron-emission, sweet-spot, the-brain
Caffeine’s Effect On The Brain’s Adenosine Receptors Visualized For The First Time
Molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled scientists for the first time to visualize binding sites of caffeine in the living human brain to explore possible positive and negative effects of caffeine consumption…
November 5, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, explore-possible, human-brain, living, negative-effects, neurology / neuroscience, oncalldiets, pet, positron-emission, the-first, the-living
