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Participants needed for taste research

From: DiFeliceantonio Lab

The Center for Health Behaviors Research at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, located in Roanoke, is conducting a five-week research study to investigate how foods we eat influence our brains.

Learn more about the Sugar, the Brain, and Behavior study.

Qualifications:

  • Age 18-45
  • Willing to attend sessions at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke

What is involved?

  • All sessions in Ronaoke
  • Five in-person sessions and three online sessions over five weeks (-18 hors total)
  • Drinking sweetened drinks at specified times each week
  • IV Blood draws
  • MRI brain scan

What you will get:

  • Up to $420
  • Health information, including: Hemoglobin A1C test results, Fasting blood sugar results, Metabolic rate test results, an MRI picture of your brain

IRB #23-297

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