Objective Binge eating, a core diagnostic symptom in binge eating disorder and bulimia
nervosa, increases the risk of multiple physiological and psychiatric disorders. The …

Central dopaminergic mechanisms are involved in the motivational aspects of eating and
food choices. This review focuses on human and animal data investigating the importance of …

Objective This article reviews concepts and evidence, based in particular on the work of
Bartley G. Hoebel and colleagues, which suggest that a better understanding of the role of …

Subjects with binge eating disorder (BED) regularly consume large amounts of food in short
time periods. The neurobiology of BED is poorly understood. Brain dopamine, which …

Objective Changes in reward processing are hypothesized to play a role in the onset and
maintenance of binge eating (BE). However, despite an increasing number of studies …

Binge eating is associated with depressive symptoms, eating styles, and obesity. However,
less is known about interactions between these variables and binge eating. This study …

Opinion statement Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder characterized
by impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention. Binge-eating behavior is often impulsive and is …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a chronic relapsing psychiatric disorder with a largely unknown
pathophysiology. Dopamine has been implicated in the pathophysiology of the disorder by …

With the rise in worldwide rates of obesity in the past few decades, scientists and clinicians
have focused considerable attention on trying to understand the causes of excessive and …

Relatively little is known about the neuropathophysiology of binge-eating disorder (BED).
Here, the evidence from neuroimaging, neurocognitive, genetics, and animal studies are …