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SUBMITTER: Nummenmaa L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5902580 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180416 1
The endogenous μ-opioid receptor (MOR) system regulates motivational and hedonic processing. We tested directly whether individual differences in MOR are associated with neural reward responses to food pictures in humans. We scanned 33 non-obese individuals with positron emission tomography (PET) using the MOR-specific radioligand [<sup>11</sup>C]carfentanil. During a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan, the subjects viewed pictures of appetizing versus bland foods to elicit reward ...[more]