Reward-related neural responses to the taste of regular and non-alcoholic beer
- Conditions
- Geen.Niet van toepassing
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40365
- Lead Sponsor
- Wageningen Universiteit
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
See page 8 of the protocol
- Gender: male
- Age: 18-35 years
- BMI: 20 - 25 kg/m2
- Healthy (as judged by the participant)
- Being right handed
- Used to drinking beer
See page 8 and 9 of the protocol
- Restraint eating (men: DEBQ score > 2.25)
- Lack of appetite
- Having difficulties with swallowing/eating
- Usage of an energy restricted diet during the last two months
- Weight loss or weight gain of 5 kg or more during the last two months
- Having endocrine, bowel or neurological disorders the might have undesirable effect on MRI measurments.
- Having taste or smell disorders
- Usage of daily medication other Paracetamol
- Smoking more than 7 cigarettes/cigars per week
- Being allergic/intolerant for products under study
- Working at the Division of Human Nutrition (WUR)
- Current participation in other research from the Division of Human Nutrition (WUR)
- Drinking on average more than 21 alcoholic beverages a week
- Family history of alcoholism (loss of control, tolerance or withdrawal symptoms towards alcohol in direct family)
- Having a contra-indication to MRI scanning
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter/endpoint is brain activation in response to tasting<br /><br>beer and non-alcoholic beer.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Not applicable</p><br>