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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2019

Neuroendocrinology of reward in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: Beyond leptin and ghrelin.

Laura A Berner, Tiffany A Brown, Jason M Lavender, Emily Lopez, Christina E Wierenga, Walter H Kaye

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Review in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Nutritional state-dependent changes in subcortical limbic structures in anorexia nervosa are linked to leptin, ghrelin, and neurofilament light.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Laura A BernerUniversity of California, San Diego, Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, United States. Electronic address: lberner@ucsd.edu.
Tiffany A BrownUniversity of California, San Diego, Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, United States.
Jason M LavenderUniversity of California, San Diego, Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, United States.
Emily LopezUniversity of California, San Diego, Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, United States.
Christina E WierengaUniversity of California, San Diego, Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, United States.
Walter H KayeUniversity of California, San Diego, Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, United States.

Funding

Neurocircuitry of Temperament and Motivated Behavior in Adolescent Eating DisordersR01MH113588 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GRETHE, AMANDA BISCHOFF, WIERENGA, CHRISTINA E · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Neural Bases of Self-regulatory Control in Bulimia NervosaF32MH108311 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BERNER, LAURA A. · 2016 to 2018
$171k
NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH108311NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are still poorly understood, but psychobiological models have proposed a key role for disturbances in the neuroendocrines that signal hunger and satiety and maintain energy homeostasis. Mounting evidence suggests that many neuroendocrines involved in the regulation of homeostasis and body weight also play integral roles in food reward valuation and learning via their interactions with the mesolimbic dopamine system. Neuroimaging data have associated altered brain reward responses in this system with the dietary restriction and binge eating and purging characteristic of AN and BN. Thus, neuroendocrine dysfunction may contribute to or perpetuate eating disorder symptoms via effects on reward circuitry. This narrative review focuses on reward-related neuroendocrines that are altered in eating disorder populations, including peptide YY, insulin, stress and gonadal hormones, and orexins. We provide an overview of the animal and human literature implicating these neuroendocrines in dopaminergic reward processes and discuss their potential relevance to eating disorder symptomatology and treatment.

Indexed as

NeuroendocrinologyRewardAnimalsAnorexia NervosaBulimia NervosaGhrelinHumansLeptinGhrelinLeptinAnorexia nervosaBulimia nervosaDopamineNeuroendocrinologyReward

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PMID30395874
PMCPMC6497565

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