Neurobiological Underpinnings of Obesity and Addiction: A Focus on Binge Eating Disorder and Implications for Treatment.

The article explores the neurobiological mechanisms behind obesity and binge eating disorder (BED) and their implications for treatment. Increased activity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex/orbitofrontal cortex showed that people with BED are hypersensitive to motivational and rewarding properti...

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Publicado en:Psychiatric Times Vol. 32; no. 7; pp. 56 - 60
Autores principales: Balodis, Iris M., Grilo, Carlos M., Potenza, Marc N.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: MJH Life Sciences Jul2015
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