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Academic stress and personality interact to increase the neural response to high-calorie food cues

Neseliler, Selin, Tannenbaum, Beth, Zacchia, Maria, Larcher, Kevin, Coulter, Kirsty, Lamarche, Marie, Marliss, Errol B., Pruessner, Jens +1 more·2017·Appetite
DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.016
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Psychosocial stress is associated with an increased intake of palatable foods and weight gain in stress-reactive individuals. Personality traits have been shown to predict stress-reactivity. However, it is not known if personality traits influence brain activity in regions implicated in appetite control during psychosocial stress. The current study assessed whether Gray's Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) scale, a measure of stress-reactivity, was related to the activity of brain regions implicated in appetite control during a stressful period. Twenty-two undergraduate students participated in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment once during a non-exam period and once during final exams in a counter-balanced order. In the scanner, they viewed food and scenery pictures. In the exam compared with the non-exam condition, BIS scores related to increased perceived stress and correlated with increased blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) response to high-calorie food images in regions implicated in food reward and subjective value, such as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, (vmPFC) and the amygdala. BIS scores negatively related to the functional connectivity between the vmPFC and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The results demonstrate that the BIS trait influences stress reactivity. This is observed both as an increased activity in brain regions implicated in computing the value of food cues and decreased connectivity of these regions to prefrontal regions implicated in self-control. This suggests that the effects of real life stress on appetitive brain function and self-control is modulated by a personality trait. This may help to explain why stressful periods can lead to overeating in vulnerable individuals.

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  • Academic stress is the result of social and self-imposed pressure in the classroom, which affects students' psychological well-being.

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    The Psychological Measures results (p. 4) report higher perceived stress among university students during exams than during a non-exam period. The paper does not identify social and self-imposed classroom pressures as its causes or assess students’ broader psychological well-being. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Neseliler, S., Tannenbaum, B., Zacchia, M., Larcher, K., Coulter, K., Lamarche, M., Marliss, E. B., Pruessner, J., & Dagher, A.
Affiliations
  • Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (CA)
  • McGill University Health Centre (CA)
Corresponding author
Dagher, Alain
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Appetite
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
116
Pages
306-314
ISSN
0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.016
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Funders
CIHR
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
academic stress, personality, behavioral inhibition system, stress reactivity, food reward, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, functional connectivity, self-control, overeating, perceived stress, final examinations
MeSH terms
Self-Control, Adolescent, Amygdala, Cross-Sectional Studies, Cues, Diet, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neurons, Personality, Stress, Psychological, Students, Body Mass Index, Prefrontal Cortex, Ghrelin, Young Adult

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