Can food be addictive? What does it mean to be a food addict? Do common underlying
neurobiological mechanisms contribute to drug and food addiction? These vexing questions …

Many eating‐related psychological constructs have been proposed to explain obesity and
overeating. However, these constructs, including food addiction, disinhibition, hedonic …

Deficits in cognition, reward processing, and motor function are clinical features relevant to
both aging and depression. Individuals with late-life depression often show impairment …

Functional neuroimaging studies in obesity have identified alterations in the connectivity
within the reward network leading to decreased homeostatic control of ingestive behavior …

Obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, and many
studies have aimed to determine why obese individuals continue to (over) consume food …

The aim of this review is to explore how metabolic changes induced by diets high in
saturated fat (HFD) affect nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine neurotransmission and food …

The cosmetic and behavioural aspects of ageing become increasingly apparent with the
passing years. The individual variability in physical ageing can be immediately observed in …

The use of neuroimaging tools, especially functional magnetic resonance imaging, in
nutritional research has increased substantially over the past 2 decades. Neuroimaging is a …

There is significant evidence linking a 'reward deficiency syndrome'(RDS), comprising
decreased availability of striatal dopamine D2-like receptors (DD2lR) and addiction-like …

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a crucial role in adaptive behavior. A wealth of
studies suggests obesity-related alterations in the central dopamine system. The most direct …