Implications from addiction research towards the understanding and treatment of obesity

Addiction Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-198

  Grosshans, Martin ^a   Loeber, Sabine ^a   Kiefer, Falk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction; dependence; imaging; neurobiology; neuroendocrinology; obesity

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; LEPTIN; NALTREXONE; OREXIN; RIMONABANT; TOPIRAMATE;

ADDICTION; APPETITE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 79952518981     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00300.x     Document Type: Review

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