Overlaps in the nosology of substance abuse and overeating: The translational implications of "food addiction"

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Avena, Nicole M ^a,b   Bocarsly, Miriam E ^b   Hoebel, Bartley G ^b   Gold, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Dopamine; Hyperpalatable foods; Obesity; Rat; Translational research

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ENKEPHALIN; OPIATE;

ADDICTION; BINGE EATING DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUGAR INTAKE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 80055115160     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: 18744745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711104030133     Document Type: Review

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