Prefrontal cortex activation by binge-eating status in individuals with obesity while attempting to reappraise responses to food using functional near infrared spectroscopy
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Abstract
03113669 03113669NCT Brief Report Medicine Medicine & Public Health Psychiatry
Purpose
Difficulty reappraising drives to consume palatable foods may promote poorer inhibition and binge eating (BE) in adults with obesity, but neural underpinnings of food-related reappraisal are underexamined.
Methods
To examine neural correlates of food-related reappraisal, adults with obesity with and without BE wore a portable neuroimaging tool, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). fNIRS measured activity in the prefrontal cortex while participants watched videos of food and attempt to “resist” the food stimuli (i.e., “consider the negative consequences of eating the food”).
Results
Participants (N = 32, 62.5% female; BMI 38.6 ± 7.1; 43.5 ± 13.4 y) had a BMI > 30 kg/m2. Eighteen adults (67.0% female; BMI 38.2 ±
7.6) reported BE (≥ 12 BE-episodes in preceding 3 months). The control group comprised 14 adults who denied BE (64.0% female; BMI 39.2 ± 6.6). Among the entire sample, mixed models showed significant, small hyperactivation during crave and resist compared to watch (relax) condition bilaterally in the medial superior frontal gyrus, dorsolateral areas, and middle frontal gyrus (optodes 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 12) in the total sample. No statistically significant differences in neural activation were observed between the BE and control group. Moreover, there were no significant group by condition interactions on neural activation.
Conclusion
Among adults with obesity, BE status was not linked to differential activation in inhibitory prefrontal cortex areas during a food-related reappraisal task. Future research is needed with larger samples, adults without obesity, and inhibition paradigms with both behavioral and cognitive components.
Prefrontal cortex activation by binge-eating status in individuals with obesity while attempting to reappraise responses to food using functional near infrared spectroscopy
Creators
Megan N. Parker - Drexel University
Helen Burton Murray - Drexel University
Amani D. Piers - Drexel University
Alexandra Muratore - Drexel University
Michael R. Lowe - Drexel University
Stephanie M. Manasse - Drexel University
Hasan Ayaz - Drexel University
Adrienne S. Juarascio - Drexel University
Publication Details
Eating and weight disorders, v 28(1), 34
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Number of pages
8
Grant note
K23DK124514 / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000062)
Student Research Grant / Academy for Eating Disorders (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100013579)
K23 MH105680 / National Institute of Mental Health (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000025)
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); Drexel Solutions Institute; College of Arts and Sciences; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) [Historical]
Web of Science ID
WOS:000961047500002
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85151573466
Other Identifier
991020262643404721
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