Excessive appetitive arousal in Prader–Willi syndrome

Hinton, Elanor Clare, Isles, Anthony Roger ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-5712, Williams, Nigel Melville ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-6931 and Parkinson, John A. 2010. Excessive appetitive arousal in Prader–Willi syndrome. Appetite 54 (1) , pp. 225-228. 10.1016/j.appet.2009.12.002

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Abstract

This study focused on genetic and behavioural aspects of one important component of the motivation to eat - how appetitive arousal is elicited through the presentation of food-associated stimuli. Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with hyperphagia, and control participants completed a computerised response task in the presence of motivational stimuli. In controls, appetitive arousal was specific to particular stimuli. In contrast, individuals with PWS showed a non-specific pattern of arousal. Over-activation of the anticipatory motivation system may be one consequence of the genetic disorder in PWS.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine Schools > Psychology Research Institutes & Centres > MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Research Institutes & Centres > Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHII)
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Food; Motivational arousal; Prader–Willi syndrome; Genetics; Learning; Craving
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0195-6663
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2022 15:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/23737

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