During the past 30 yr, investigating the physiology of eating behaviors has generated a truly
vast literature. This is fueled in part by a dramatic increase in obesity and its comorbidities …

The executive functions allow for purposeful, deliberate, and intentional interactions with the
world—attention and focus, impulse control, decision making, and working memory. These …

Food intake is a complex behavior that can occur or cease to occur for a multitude of
reasons. Decisions about where, when, what, and how much to eat are not merely reflexive …

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is currently one of the most promising biological systems
for the development of effective obesity pharmacotherapies. Long-acting GLP-1 analogs …

Compulsive eating behavior is a transdiagnostic construct that is characteristic of medical
and psychiatric conditions such as forms of obesity and eating disorders. Although feeding …

Understanding the neurobiological controls of feeding behavior is critical in light of the
growing obesity pandemic, a phenomenon largely based on excessive caloric consumption …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a complex brain region that regulates diverse functions
ranging from cognition, emotion and executive action to even pain processing. To decode …

The hippocampus and the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are traditionally associated with
regulating memory and executive function, respectively. The contribution of these brain …

The feeding process is required for basic life, influenced by environment cues and tightly
regulated according to demands of the internal milieu by regulatory brain circuits. Although …

Behavioral impulsivity is common in various psychiatric and metabolic disorders. Here we
identify a hypothalamus to telencephalon neural pathway for regulating impulsivity involving …