Afroditi Papantoni

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Also affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

PsychologyMedicineNursingNeuroscienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences

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Driven by 18 papers. Top paper: “Predicted DRD4 prefrontal gene expression moderates snack intake and stress perception in response to the environment in adolescents”.

Predicted DRD4 prefrontal gene expression moderates snack intake and stress perception in response to the environment in adolescents

PLoS ONE(2020)10.1371/journal.pone.0234601

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0.416DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Afroditi Papantoni, Catherine Paquet, Spencer Moore, Keri S. Rosch, Stewart H. Mostofsky +7 more

Obesity and acute stress modulate appetite and neural responses in food word reactivity task

PLoS ONE(2022)10.1371/journal.pone.0271915

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0.396DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Leora Benson, Afroditi Papantoni, Liuyi Chen, Yuankai Huo, Zhishun Wang +3 more

Pilot multi‐site and reproducibility study of hypothalamic gliosis in children

Pediatric Obesity(2020)10.1111/ijpo.12732

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0.360DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Susan J. Melhorn, Afroditi Papantoni, Mary F. Webb, Jun Hua, Christian L. Roth +3 more

Behavioral and physiological characteristics associated with learning performance on an appetitive probabilistic selection task

Physiology & Behavior(2020)10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112984

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0.312DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Grace E. Shearrer, Afroditi Papantoni, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Kyle S. Burger, Jennifer R. Sadler

Parental perceptions of body weight and appetite in infants and toddlers with cystic fibrosis

Appetite(2024)10.1016/j.appet.2024.107357

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0.241DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Elena Jansen, Afroditi Papantoni, Aerial Sheltry, Daphne Koinis‐Mitchell, Viren D’Sa +6 more

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) levels in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex are negatively associated with food motivation in a pediatric sample

Scientific Reports(2024)10.1038/s41598-024-75520-z

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Kimberly Smith, Muhammad G. Saleh, Elena Jansen, Afroditi Papantoni, Yulu Song +3 more

Neural responsivity to food cues varies with food fussiness in adolescents

Scientific Reports(2025)10.1038/s41598-025-11410-2

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Elena Jansen, Liuyi Chen, Shuxian Hua, Allison Ahn, Leora Benson +3 more

Milkshake Acutely Stimulates Dopamine Release in Ventral and Dorsal Striatum in Healthy-Weight Individuals and Patients with Severe Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Pilot Study

Nutrients(2023)10.3390/nu15122671

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9 citations

Kimberley E. Steele, Gita Thapaliya, Hiroto Kuwubara, Anahys Aghababian, Afroditi Papantoni +5 more

Neural correlates of appetite in adolescents

Appetite(2023)10.1016/j.appet.2023.107076

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4 citations

Gita Thapaliya, Afroditi Papantoni, Leora Benson, Susan Carnell, Li‐Ming Chen

Neural correlates of inhibitory control during a simple food go/no-go task in adolescents varying in familial obesity risk

NeuroImage(2025)10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121516

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3 citations

Li Chen, Afroditi Papantoni, Leora Benson, Gita Thapaliya, Elena Jansen +5 more

Taste-related reward is associated with weight loss following bariatric surgery

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2020)10.1172/jci137772

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82 citations

Afroditi Papantoni, Maria G. Veldhuizen, Vidyulata Kamath, Civonnia Harris, Timothy H. Moran +3 more

Brief parent-report measure of slowness in eating is associated with weight status in children with cystic fibrosis over a 3-year follow-up

Physiology & Behavior(2025)10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.115104

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0 citations

Zeyi Wang, Afroditi Papantoni, Aerial Sheltry, Elena Jansen, Brian Caffo +5 more

Familial Obesity Risk and Current Excess Weight Influence Brain Structure in Adolescents

Obesity(2020)10.1002/oby.23042

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18 citations

Liuyi Chen, Elena Jansen, Kimberly Smith, Jennifer R. Sadler, Leora Benson +3 more

Effect of Age on GABA+ and Glutathione in a Pediatric Sample

American Journal of Neuroradiology(2020)10.3174/ajnr.a6543

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35 citations

Afroditi Papantoni, Mark E. Mikkelsen, Steve C. N. Hui, Georg Oeltzschner, Nicolaas A.J. Puts +3 more

Longitudinal Associations Between Taste Sensitivity, Taste Liking, Dietary Intake and BMI in Adolescents

Frontiers in Psychology(2021)10.3389/fpsyg.2021.597704

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29 citations

Grace E. Shearrer, Jennifer R. Sadler, Eric Stice, Kyle S. Burger, Afroditi Papantoni

Genetically-predicted prefrontal DRD4 gene expression modulates differentiated brain responses to food cues in adolescent girls and boys

Scientific Reports(2021)10.1038/s41598-021-02797-9

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14 citations

Afroditi Papantoni, Antoneta T. Joseph, Liuyi Chen, Richard S. Lee, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira +3 more

One Year Follow-Up of Taste-Related Reward Associations with Weight Loss Suggests a Critical Time to Mitigate Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery

Nutrients(2021)10.3390/nu13113943

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18 citations

Anahys Aghababian, Afroditi Papantoni, Maria G. Veldhuizen, Vidyulata Kamath, Civonnia Harris +4 more

The relationship between weight loss and cognitive function in bariatric surgery

Surgical Endoscopy(2022)10.1007/s00464-022-09581-4

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10 citations

Kimberley E. Steele, Afroditi Papantoni, Civonnia Harris, Caroline L. Speck, Arnold Bakker +4 more