Posts by Liya Kerem, MD, MSc
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Single Oxytocin Dose Weakens Neural Connections That Drive the Desire for Food
Elizabeth A. Lawson, MD, Liya Kerem, MD, MSc, pediatric endocrinology fellow, Franziska Plessow, PhD, experimental psychologist in the Neuroendocrine Unit, and colleagues have become the first to show that oxytocin attenuates the functional connectivity between the VTA and other food motivation brain regions.
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Oxytocin, Investigational Obesity Drug, Impacts Reward Pathways for Food
A study led by Liya Kerem, MD, MSc, shows that oxytocin nasal spray can modulate the reward pathways in the brain involved in food intake. This research could bring oxytocin a step closer to being used as a new obesity treatment.
Biography
Dr. Kerem is a graduate of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and completed her residency at the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.