Impact of the neural correlates of stress and cue reactivity on stress related binge eating in the natural environment

Fischer, Sarah; Breithaupt, Lauren; Wonderlich, Joseph; Westwater, Margaret L.; Crosby, Ross D.; Engel, Scott G.; Thompson, James C.; Lavender, Jason M.; Wonderlich, Stephen A.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.03.017

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“…For instance, structural changes in the pituitary and hippocampus have been directly associated with increased daily‐life stress reactivity in psychosis. Similarly, several studies were able to predict daily‐life stress reactivity using functional neuroimaging. More recent studies have embedded physiological monitoring in the ambulatory setting, measuring heart rate, blood pressure, cortisol and α‐amylase in real life.…”

Section: Applications Of Esm In the Mental Health Research Fieldmentioning

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Experience sampling methodology in mental health research: new insights and technical developments

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In the mental health field, there is a growing awareness that the study of psychiatric symptoms in the context of everyday life, using experience sampling methodology (ESM), may provide a powerful and necessary addition to more conventional research approaches. ESM, a structured self-report diary technique, allows the investigation of experiences within, and in interaction with, the real-world context. This paper provides an overview of how zooming in on the micro-level of experience and behaviour using ESM adds new insights and additional perspectives to standard approaches. More specifically, it discusses how ESM: a) contributes to a deeper understanding of psychopathological phenomena, b) allows to capture variability over time, c) aids in identifying internal and situational determinants of variability in symptomatology, and d) enables a thorough investigation of the interaction between the person and his/her environment and of real-life social interactions. Next to improving assessment of psychopathology and its underlying mechanisms, ESM contributes to advancing and changing clinical practice by allowing a more fine-grained evaluation of treatment effects as well as by providing the opportunity for extending treatment beyond the clinical setting into real life with the development of ecological momentary interventions. Furthermore, this paper provides an overview of the technical details of setting up an ESM study in terms of design, questionnaire development and statistical approaches. Overall, although a number of considerations and challenges remain, ESM offers one of the best opportunities for personalized medicine in psychiatry, from both a research and a clinical perspective.

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Section: Applications Of Esm In the Mental Health Research Fieldmentioning

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Experience sampling methodology in mental health research: new insights and technical developments

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“…Participants who showed a greater decrease in activity pre-to post-stress in the bilateral precuneus, ACC, and dlPFC, reported higher increases in stress prior to binge eating. The amygdala and the vmPFC on the other hand did not moderate stress levels prior to binge eating (Fischer et al, 2017). Another study however reported that activation in the bilateral vmPFC and right amygdala moderated negative affect pre-and post-binge in BN (Wonderlich et al, 2018).…”

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“…A number of studies have investigated how acute stress affects reward sensitivity in the brains of patients suffering from binging disorders (see Table 2 -negative affect and Figure 5a and 5b; (Collins et al, 2017;Fischer et al, 2017;Lyu and Jackson, 2016;Wonderlich et al, 2018). These studies predominantly reported decreases in activation in the vmPFC, ACC, precuneus, and amygdala, when comparing pre-to post-stress reward processing in BN (Collins et al, 2017;Fischer et al, 2017;Smith et al, 2018); and a decrease in the hippocampus in BED compared with non-BED (Lyu and Jackson, 2016). This last study also reported that BED showed reduced hippocampal activation to high-caloric food images compared with non-BED, in relation to control images.…”

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“…Since activity was altered during reward processing, this suggests that the decrease in activation reflects a relative increase in reward sensitivity. One study revealed that in BN, post-stress reward processing was associated with lower activation of the bilateral vmPFC, right ACC, and left amygdala (Fischer et al, 2017). Participants who showed a greater decrease in activity pre-to post-stress in the bilateral precuneus, ACC, and dlPFC, reported higher increases in stress prior to binge eating.…”

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Volumetric and connectivity changes in brain networks associated with reward sensitivity, cognitive control, and negative affect in binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa

Hartogsveld¹,

Cw²,

P³

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Binging disorders are characterized by episodes of eating large amounts of food whilst experiencing a loss of control. Recent studies suggest that the underlying causes of these binging disorders consist of a complex system of environmental cues, different processing of food stimuli, altered behavioral responding, and brain changes. We propose that task-independent volumetric and connectivity changes in the brain are highly related to altered functioning in reward sensitivity, cognitive control, and negative affect, which in turn promotes and conserves binging behavior. We here review imaging studies and show that volume and connectivity changes in the orbitofrontal cortex, inferior frontal gyrus, medial prefrontal cortex, striatum, insula and amygdala overlap with distorted brain activation associated with increased reward sensitivity, decreased cognitive control, and distorted responses to negative affect or stress seen in binging disorder. Future research integrating both task-based and task-independent neuroimaging approaches therefore shows considerable promise in clarifying binging behavior. We provide suggestions for how this integration may guide future research and inform novel brain-based treatment options in binging disorders.

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“…The first study, conducted in healthy female participants, suggested that, relative to a neutral condition, participants in a stressful condition exhibited lower activation in amygdala, cingulate cortex, and hippocampus during a food choice task (Born et al, 2009). A second study, which examined women with bulimia nervosa symptoms, showed that being in an experimental stressful situation was associated with decreases in BOLD signal in the anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex in response to food cues, as compared to a non-stressful control condition (Fischer et al, 2017). Moreover, these decreases in BOLD signal seemed to act as mediators on the relationship between increased negative affect and binge eating episodes (Wonderlich et al, 2018).…”

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Liking and left amygdala activity during food versus non-food processing are modulated by emotional context

García‐García

Kube

Morys

et al. 2019

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Emotions can influence our eating behaviors. Facing an acute stressor or being in a positive mood are examples of situations that tend to modify appetite. However, the question of how the brain integrates these emotionrelated changes in food processing remains elusive. Here we designed an emotional priming fMRI task to test if amygdala activity during food pictures differs depending on the emotional context. Fifty-eight female participants completed a novel emotional priming task, in which emotional images of negative, neutral or positive situations were followed by pictures of either foods or objects. After priming in each trial, participants rated how much they liked the shown foods or objects. We analyzed how brain activity during the contrast "foods > objects" changed according to the emotional context -in the whole brain and in the amygdala. We also examined the potential effect of adiposity (i.e., waist circumference). We observed a higher difference between liking scores for foods and objects after positive priming than after neutral priming. In the left amygdala, activity in the contrast "foods > objects" was higher after neutral priming relative to negative priming. Waist circumference was not significantly related to this emotional priming effect on food processing. Our results suggest that emotional context alters food and non-food perception, both in terms of liking scores and with regards to engagement of the left amygdala. Moreover, our findings indicate that emotional context has an impact on the salience advantage of food, possibly affecting eating behavior.

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Impact of the neural correlates of stress and cue reactivity on stress related binge eating in the natural environment

Cited by 50 publications

References 51 publications

Experience sampling methodology in mental health research: new insights and technical developments

Experience sampling methodology in mental health research: new insights and technical developments

Volumetric and connectivity changes in brain networks associated with reward sensitivity, cognitive control, and negative affect in binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa

Liking and left amygdala activity during food versus non-food processing are modulated by emotional context

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