The contribution of brain reward circuits to the obesity epidemic

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2047-2058

  Stice, Eric ^a   Figlewicz, Dianne P ^b   Gosnell, Blake A ^c   Levine, Allen S ^c   Pratt, Wayne E ^d  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Feeding; Food abuse; Food addiction; Mesolimbic dopamine system; Obesity; Opioids; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ADDICTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD;

DRUG ADDICTION; FEEDING; FOOD ABUSE; FOOD ADDICTION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINE SYSTEM; OBESITY; OPIOIDS; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBESITY; REWARD;

EID: 84888003032     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.12.001     Document Type: Review

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