GLP-1 and hunger modulate incentive motivation depending on insulin sensitivity in humans

• Main Authors: Ruth Hanssen (Author), Alina Chloé Kretschmer (Author), Lionel Rigoux (Author), Kerstin Albus (Author), Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah (Author), Tamara Sitnikow (Author), Corina Melzer (Author), Oliver A. Cornely (Author), Jens C. Brüning (Author), Marc Tittgemeyer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To regulate food intake, our brain constantly integrates external cues, such as the incentive value of a potential food reward, with internal state signals, such as hunger feelings. Incentive motivation refers to the processes that translate an expected reward into the effort spent to obt...