Valerie L. Darcey

Also affiliated with National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

MedicinePsychology

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 24 papers. Top paper: “Effect of a plant-based, low-fat diet versus an animal-based, ketogenic diet on ad libitum energy intake”.

Effect of a plant-based, low-fat diet versus an animal-based, ketogenic diet on ad libitum energy intake

Nature Medicine(2021)10.1038/s41591-020-01209-1

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4.4DataRank · unranked

237 citations

Juen Guo, Amber B. Courville, James Boring, Robert J. Brychta, Kong Y. Chen +18 more

Diet order significantly affects energy balance for diets varying in macronutrients but not ultraprocessing in crossover studies without a washout period

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition(2024)10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.013

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0.545DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Juen Guo, Aaron Hengist, Valerie L. Darcey, Kevin D. Hall, Christina M. Sciarrillo

Dietary fat restriction affects brain reward regions in a randomized crossover trial

JCI Insight(2023)10.1172/jci.insight.169759

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0.523DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Juen Guo, Amber B. Courville, Isabelle Gallagher, Jason A. Avery, W. Kyle Simmons +5 more

Diet order affects energy balance in randomized crossover feeding studies that vary in macronutrients but not ultra-processing

medRxiv(2023)10.1101/2023.10.03.23296501

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0.503DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Juen Guo, Aaron Hengist, Valerie L. Darcey, Kevin D. Hall, Christina M. Sciarrillo

No significant salt or sweet taste preference or sensitivity differences following ad libitum consumption of ultra-processed and unprocessed diets: a randomized controlled pilot study

Chemical Senses(2023)10.1093/chemse/bjad007

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0.500DataRank · unranked

9 citations

Alexis T. Franks, Khushbu Agarwal, Nafisa Nawal, Amber B. Courville, Juen Guo +11 more

Breaking down silos: the multifaceted nature of obesity and the future of weight management

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences(2023)10.1098/rstb.2022.0215

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0.425DataRank · unranked

16 citations

Valerie L. Darcey, Sarah E. Deemer, Sarada Menon, Deirdre K. Tobias, Michelle I. Cardel +1 more

Striatal dopamine tone is positively associated with adiposity in humans as determined by PET using dual dopamine type-2 receptor antagonist tracers

Molecular Psychiatry(2025)10.1038/s41380-025-02960-y

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0.337DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Juen Guo, Meible Chi, Stephanie T Chung, Amber B. Courville, Isabelle Gallagher +14 more

The Role of Diet and Hormones on Taste: Low Carb Compared With Low Fat Study Findings

Current Developments in Nutrition(2025)10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107467

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0.108DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Alexis T. Franks, Nafisa Nawal, Meaghan C Steck, Ariana M. Chao, Carolyn Allen +12 more

Flawed reanalysis fails to support the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity

Journal of Nutrition(2024)10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.01.024

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4 citations

Juen Guo, Aaron Hengist, Valerie L. Darcey, Kevin D. Hall, Christina M. Sciarrillo

Brain dopamine responses to ultra-processed milkshakes are highly variable and not significantly related to adiposity in humans

medRxiv(2024)10.1101/2024.06.24.24309440

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0DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Juen Guo, Meible Chi, Stephanie T. Chung, Amber B. Courville, Isabelle Gallagher +14 more

Reply to DS Ludwig et al.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition(2024)10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.11.005

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1 citations

Christina M. Sciarrillo, Juen Guo, Aaron Hengist, Valerie L. Darcey, Kevin D. Hall

Flawed Reanalysis Fails to Support the Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity

Preprints.org(2024)10.20944/preprints202401.1810.v1

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Juen Guo, Aaron Hengist, Valerie L. Darcey, Kevin D. Hall, Christina M. Sciarrillo

Brain dopamine responses to ultra-processed milkshakes are highly variable and not significantly related to adiposity in humans

Cell Metabolism(2025)10.1016/j.cmet.2025.02.002

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0DataRank · unranked

15 citations

Juen Guo, Meible Chi, Stephanie T. Chung, Amber B. Courville, Isabelle Gallagher +14 more

Automatic engagement of limbic and prefrontal networks in response to food images reflects distinct information about food hedonics and inhibitory control

Communications Biology(2025)10.1038/s42003-025-07704-w

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11 citations

Madeline Carrington, John E. Ingeholm, Valerie L. Darcey, W. Kyle Simmons, Kevin D. Hall +2 more

Tradeoffs Between Convenience, Cost, and Healthy Eating Index for Diets Aligned to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans but Varying in Ultra-Processed Foods

Preprints.org(2025)10.20944/preprints202508.1723.v1

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Christina M. Sciarrillo, Valerie L. Darcey, Andrea Krenek, Amber B. Courville, Aaron Hengist +2 more

Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake

Cell Metabolism(2020)10.1016/j.cmet.2020.08.014

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0DataRank · unranked

123 citations

Alexis Ayuketah, Robert J. Brychta, Hongyi Cai, Thomas M. Cassimatis, Kong Y. Chen +20 more

Tradeoffs Between Convenience, Cost, and Healthy Eating Index for Diets Aligned to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans but Varying in Ultra-Processed Foods

Preprints.org(2025)10.20944/preprints202508.1723.v3

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Christina M. Sciarrillo, Valerie L. Darcey, Andrea Krenek, Amber B. Courville, Aaron Hengist +2 more

Risk-related decision making evokes distinct brain activation patterns in reward evaluation regions in substance use naïve versus non-naïve adolescents

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.12.24.424370

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Valerie L. Darcey, Amanda E. Patterson, Emma J. Rose, John W. VanMeter, Diana Fishbein +1 more

Nutritional Ketosis as a Potential Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry(2021)10.3389/fpsyt.2021.781668

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34 citations

Sophie K. Elvig, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, George F. Koob, Valerie L. Darcey, Michael King +4 more

Baseline brain and behavioral factors distinguish adolescent substance initiators and non-initiators at follow-up

Frontiers in Psychiatry(2022)10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1025259

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0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Valerie L. Darcey, Amanda E. Patterson, Emma J. Rose, Ashley S. VanMeter, Diana Fishbein +1 more

Introducing an adolescent cognitive maturity index

Frontiers in Psychology(2022)10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017317

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5 citations

Valerie L. Darcey, Goldie A. McQuaid, Giorgia Picci, Maria Stoianova, Veronica Mucciarone +9 more

Restriction of dietary fat, but not carbohydrate, affects brain reward regions in adults with obesity

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.04.19.488800

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Juen Guo, Amber B. Courville, Isabelle Gallagher, Jason A. Avery, W. Kyle Simmons +5 more

Striatal dopamine tone is positively associated with body mass index in humans as determined by PET using dual dopamine type-2 receptor antagonist tracers

medRxiv(2023)10.1101/2023.09.27.23296169

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0DataRank · unranked

10 citations

Juen Guo, Meible Chi, Stephanie T. Chung, Amber B. Courville, Isabelle Gallagher +14 more

Baseline brain and behavioral factors distinguish adolescent substance initiators and non-initiators at follow-up

UNC Libraries(2023)10.17615/y6be-7t74

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0 citations

Emma J. Rose, Goldie A. McQuaid, Valerie L. Darcey, VanMeter, Ashley S., Amanda E. Patterson +1 more