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Annu Rev Nutr. 2016 Jul 17;36:105-28. doi: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071715-050909. Carter A1,2, Hendrikse J1, Lee N3, Yücel M1, Verdejo-Garcia A1, Andrews Z4, Hall W2,5. Abstract There is a growing view that certain foods, particularly those high in refined sugars and fats, are addictive and that some forms of obesity can usefully be treated as a food addiction. […]
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 May;69(5):529-37. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1586. Grosshans M1, Vollmert C, Vollstädt-Klein S, Tost H, Leber S, Bach P, Bühler M, von der Goltz C, Mutschler J, Loeber S, Hermann D, Wiedemann K, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Kiefer F. Abstract CONTEXT: Overlapping neurobiological pathways between obesity and addiction disorders are currently in discussion. Whereas the hypothalamic regulation […]
Appetite. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 10. Appetite. 2010 Dec; 55(3): 734–737. Published online 2010 Sep 16. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.09.010 PMCID: PMC4354886 NIHMSID: NIHMS669566 Nicole M. Avena Abstract This review summarizes evidence of “food addiction” using animal models of binge eating. In our model of sucrose bingeing, behavioral components of addiction are demonstrated and […]
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Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Jul 14. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2009 Jul 14; 97(5): 551–560. Published online 2009 Mar 27. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.020 PMCID: PMC2734415 NIHMSID: NIHMS127696 Eric Stice, Sonja Spoor, Janet Ng, and David H. Zald Abstract This report reviews findings from studies that have investigated […]
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J Abnorm Psychol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 May 13. J Abnorm Psychol. 2008 Nov; 117(4): 924–935. doi: 10.1037/a0013600 PMCID: PMC2681092 NIHMSID: NIHMS100845 Eric Stice and Sonja Spoor Oregon Research Institute Cara Bohon Department of Psychology, University of Oregon Marga Veldhuizen and Dana Small J.B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University Abstract We tested the hypothesis […]
Neuroscience. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 12. Neuroscience. 2008 Oct 28; 156(4): 865–871. Published online 2008 Aug 22. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.017 PMCID: PMC4357519 NIHMSID: NIHMS669569 N. M. AVENA,a P. RADA,a,b and B. G. HOEBELa,* Abstract The present study tested whether rats release more accumbens dopamine (DA) during a sugar binge when they are underweight […]
Physiol Behav. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Mar 10. Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2008 Jun 9; 94(3): 309–315. Published online 2008 Jan 16. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.01.008 PMCID: PMC4354893 NIHMSID: NIHMS669562 Nicole M. Avena, Miriam E. Bocarsly, Pedro Rada, Agnes Kim, and Bartley G. Hoebel* Abstract Bingeing on sugar may activate neural […]
First published June 29, 2011, doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.020164 Am J Clin Nutr August 2011 vol. 94 no. 2 367-368 ajcn.111.020164v1 94/2/367 © 2011 American Society for Nutrition Nicole M Avena and Mark S Gold + Author Affiliations 1From The University of Florida, College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Gainesville, FL (NMA and MSG), […]
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