Mojtaba Barzegar¹*, Qurat Ul Ain Muhammad²* and Beyzanur Ceran³

¹1Associate Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology department, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
²Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
³Medical Student, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey

*Corresponding Author: Mojtaba Barzegar, Associate Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology department, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Received: March 16, 2023; Published: April 01, 2023

Abstract

Food-related brain activation is a term used for the alterations in brain activity that occurs in response to food cues, such as the sight or smell of food. Whenever a person sees, smells, or tastes food, a complex network of neural circuits is stimulated; this releases neurotransmitters such as dopamine and opioids [1]. These neural circuits are interconnections between several areas of the brain that are involved in processing food cues such as the prefrontal cortex, insula, amygdala, hippocampus, and striatum [2].

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Citation

Citation: Mojtaba Barzegar., et al. “Food Related Brain Activation in patients with Psychological Disorders".Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 7.5 (2023): 01-02.

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