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 …

Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder most commonly starting during the
teenage-years and associated with food refusal and low body weight. Typically there is a …

Behaviours such as eating, copulating, defending oneself or taking addictive drugs begin
with a motivation to initiate the behaviour. Both this motivational drive and the behaviours …

The important role of dopamine (DA) in mediating feeding behavior and the positive
reinforcing effects of some drugs is well recognized. Less widely studied is how feeding …

In 2010, Johnson and Kenny provided conclusive evidence that extended access to a
Western-style diet promotes addictive-like behavior in rats by downregulating D2 receptors …

How we feel when we are starving or miss a meal, or two, may be linked to the brain's
complex role in controlling appetite. This understanding may be crucial in efforts to develop …

Reductions in calorie intake contribute significantly to the positive outcome of bariatric
surgeries. However, the physiological mechanisms linking the rerouting of the …

Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity in the USA has been on a constant rise since the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began tracking it over 50 years ago. Despite …

Dopamine (DA) regulates emotional and motivational behavior through the mesolimbic
dopaminergic pathway. Changes in DA signaling in mesolimbic neurotransmission are …

Obesity has reached epidemic prevalence, and much research has focused on homeostatic
and nonhomeostatic mechanisms underlying overconsumption of food. Mesocorticolimbic …