Hormonal and neural mechanisms of food reward, eating behaviour and obesity

S Murray, A Tulloch, MS Gold, NM Avena - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
With rising rates of obesity, research continues to explore the contributions of homeostatic
and hedonic mechanisms related to eating behaviour. In this Review, we synthesize the …

The epidemiology and genetics of binge eating disorder (BED)

C Davis - CNS spectrums, 2015 - cambridge.org
This narrative review provides an overview of the epidemiology of binge eating disorder
(BED), highlighting the medical history of this disorder and its entry as an independent …

Low dopamine D2 receptor increases vulnerability to obesity via reduced physical activity, not increased appetitive motivation

JA Beeler, RP Faust, S Turkson, H Ye, X Zhuang - Biological psychiatry, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The dopamine D 2 receptor (D 2 R) has received much attention in obesity
studies. Data indicate that D 2 R is reduced in obesity and that the TaqA1 D 2 R variant may …

Gut microbes and food reward: from the gut to the brain

A de Wouters d'Oplinter, SJP Huwart, PD Cani… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inappropriate food intake behavior is one of the main drivers for fat mass development
leading to obesity. Importantly the gut microbiota-mediated signals have emerged as key …

Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS): a cytoarchitectural common neurobiological trait of all addictions

K Blum, A Bowirrat, ER Braverman, D Baron… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alcohol and other substance use disorders share comorbidity with other RDS disorders, ie, a
reduction in dopamine signaling within the reward pathway. RDS is a term that connects …

Genetic similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction phenotypes: a case for “food addiction”?

N Carlier, VS Marshe, J Cmorejova, C Davis… - Current psychiatry …, 2015 - Springer
There exists a continuous spectrum of overeating, where at the extremes there are casual
overindulgences and at the other a 'pathological'drive to consume palatable foods. It has …

Associations of the ANKK1 and DRD2 gene polymorphisms with overweight, obesity and hedonic hunger among women from the Northwest of Iran

F Aliasghari, SA Nazm, S Yasari, R Mahdavi… - Eating and Weight …, 2021 - Springer
Background Pleasure from palatable foods can stimulate hedonic eating and, therefore,
might be a major culprit for obesity. Dopamine receptor polymorphisms, especially variants …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of epigenetic state hyperdopaminergia (Surfeit) and genetic trait hypodopaminergia (Deficit) during adolescent brain development

K Blum, A Bowirrat, MCG Lewis… - Current …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The risk for all addictive drug and non-drug behaviors, especially, in the
unmyelinated Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) of adolescents, is important and complex. Many …

The food and drug addiction epidemic: targeting dopamine homeostasis

K Blum, PK Thanos, GJ Wang, M Febo… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Obesity is damaging the lives of more than 300 million people worldwide and maintaining a
healthy weight using popular weight loss tactics remains a very difficult undertaking …

Conducta alimentaria en niños

K Oyarce Merino, M Valladares Vega… - Nutrición …, 2016 - SciELO Espana
Resumen OYARCE MERINO, Karina; VALLADARES VEGA, Macarena; ELIZONDO-VEGA,
Roberto y OBREGON, Ana María. Conducta alimentaria en niños. Nutr. Hosp.[online]. 2016 …