Stress can cause overconsumption of palatable high caloric food. Despite the important role
of stress eating in obesity and (binge) eating disorders, its underlying neural mechanisms …

Maladaptation in balancing internal energy needs and external threat cues may result in
eating disorders. However, brain mechanisms underlying such maladaptations remain …

Overconsumption of palatable food may initiate neuroadaptive responses in brain reward
circuitry that may contribute to eating disorders. Here we report that high-fat diet (HFD) …

Background A greater understanding of how the brain controls appetite is fundamental to
developing new approaches for treating diseases characterized by dysfunctional feeding …

Overeating typically follows periods of energy deficit, but it is also sustained by highly
palatable foods, even without metabolic demand. Dopamine D1 receptor-expressing …

Motivated behaviors are often initiated in response to perturbations of homeostasis. Indeed,
animals and humans have fundamental drives to procure (appetitive behaviors) and …

Hedonic feeding is driven by the “pleasure” derived from consuming palatable food and
occurs in the absence of metabolic need. It plays a critical role in the excessive feeding that …

Stress is thought to be an important contributing factor for eating disorders; however, neural
substrates underlying the complex relationship between stress and appetite are not fully …

The prevalence of obesity has markedly increased over the past few decades. Exploration of
how hunger and satiety signals influence the reward system can help us understand non …

Overconsumption of high caloric food plays an important role in the etiology of obesity.
Several factors drive such hedonic feeding. High caloric food is often palatable. In addition …