- What area of the brain is thought to be malfunctioning in obese, food-addicted patients?
- What types of food are thought to be particularly problematic in food addiction?
- Is there cross-sensitization between addictive foods and addictive drugs?
- What particular neurotransmitter is most implicated in food addiction?
- What controls eating behavior?
- What regions of the brain are most implicated in food addiction?
- How does the brain signal for satiety and how is taste/texture involved?
- What is the role of the hypothalamus in this interaction with reward circuitry?
- What neurotransmitters are implicated in this process?
- What role does craving play?
- What is the role of stress in addiction (including food addiction)?
- Summary: Neurobiology of Food Addiction
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