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NCT Number: NCT02213406

Neuronal and Sensory Perception of Fat

This project will examine neuronal and sensory fat perception. Our hypothesis is that subjects being either hypersensitive or hyposensitive for fat will show different brain activities. Therefore the investigators will conduct functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and fat detection threshold tests examining neuronal and sensory fat perception.

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Key information

Conditions

Fat Perception in the Brain

Age range

18 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Clinic of Tuebingen, fMEG Center

Tübingen, 72076, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • healthy

Exclusion criteria

  • lactose intolerance
  • fMRI contraindications (metal implants,...)

Treatment and study plan

Yogurt

Dietary Supplement

Subjects will receive yogurt with varying fat concentrations

Primary outcomes

  1. Fat detection thresholds

    Time frame: each measurement day

    A sensory test will be conducted to establish individual fat detection thresholds. It is expected that subjects* brain activity is dependent on sensory fat sensitivity.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Brain activity

    Time frame: pre and post meal intake

    We are interested in brain activations following the consumption of yogurt with either a high or a low fat concentration. To assess this, before as well as after fat intake brain activity will be measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We expect that brain activity will differ between the high and the low fat yogurt condition.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital Tuebingen

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Registry information

Official study title

Fat and the Brain-Neuronal and Sensory Fat Perception

Important dates

Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Aug 11, 2014
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2017

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