A biobehavioural model of the night eating syndrome

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Stunkard, A J ^a   Allison, K C ^a   Lundgren, J D ^b   O'Reardon, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Night eating; Serotonin; SSRIs

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANOCORTIN; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING DISORDER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NIGHT EATING SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 70449435435     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00668.x     Document Type: Review

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