The habenula as a novel link between the homeostatic and hedonic pathways in cancer‐associated weight loss: a pilot study

• Main Authors: Maria Maldonado (Author), David L. Molfese (Author), Humsini Viswanath (Author), Kaylah Curtis (Author), Ashley Jones (Author), Teresa G. Hayes (Author), Marco Marcelli (Author), Sanjay Mediwala (Author), Philip Baldwin (Author), Jose M. Garcia (Author), Ramiro Salas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Little is known about the brain mechanisms underlying cancer‐associated weight loss (C‐WL) in humans despite this condition negatively affecting their quality of life and survival. We tested the hypothesis that patients with C‐WL have abnormal connectivity in homeostatic and hedo...