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ReviewNature neuroscience2022

Genetics and neurobiology of eating disorders.

Cynthia M Bulik, Jonathan R I Coleman, J Andrew Hardaway, Lauren Breithaupt, Hunna J Watson, Camron D Bryant, Gerome Breen

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Review in Nature neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  15. Time to Address Eating Disorder Risk Among Medical Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  17. MidbrainbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Cynthia M BulikDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. cynthia_bulik@med.unc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7772-3264
Jonathan R I ColemanSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6759-0944
J Andrew HardawayDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Lauren BreithauptDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Hunna J WatsonDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Camron D BryantDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4505-5809
Gerome BreenSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2053-1792

Funding

Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI)R01MH120170 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BULIK, CYNTHIA M · 2019 to 2023
$7.2M
Predicting the multi-omic impact of psychiatric GWAS associationsR01MH118278 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HUCKINS, LAURA MARIANNE · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
1/7 PGC: Advancing Discovery and ImpactR01MH124871 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BULIK, CYNTHIA M, SULLIVAN, PATRICK F · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
A Reduced Complexity Cross in BALB/c substrains to identify the genetic basis of oxycodone dependence phenotypesU01DA050243 · NIDA · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BRYANT, CAMRON D, ZACHARIOU, VENETIA · 2020 to 2023
$3.3M
Predicting Binge and Purge Episodes from Passive and Active Apple Watch Data Using a Dynamical Systems ApproachR01MH119084 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BULIK, CYNTHIA M, BUTNER, JONATHAN · 2019 to 2022
$2.8M
Systems genetics of premorbid and cocaine use traits in a rat reduced complexity crossU01DA055299 · NIDA · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI BRYANT, CAMRON D, KANTAK, KATHLEEN M. · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Translational Neuroscience Training for CliniciansT32MH112485 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BUCKNER, RANDY L, ROFFMAN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
A Nociceptin Central Amygdala to Hindbrain Circuit for the Control of Palatable Food ConsumptionK01DK115902 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HARDAWAY, JAMES ANDREW · 2018 to 2022
$697k
Department of HealthMedical Research Council MR/R024804/1Medical Research Council MR/V012878/1Medical Research Council MR/V03605X/1NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA050243NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA055299NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK115902NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118278NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119084NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120170NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH124871NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH112485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder) are a heterogeneous class of complex illnesses marked by weight and appetite dysregulation coupled with distinctive behavioral and psychological features. Our understanding of their genetics and neurobiology is evolving thanks to global cooperation on genome-wide association studies, neuroimaging, and animal models. Until now, however, these approaches have advanced the field in parallel, with inadequate cross-talk. This review covers overlapping advances in these key domains and encourages greater integration of hypotheses and findings to create a more unified science of eating disorders. We highlight ongoing and future work designed to identify implicated biological pathways that will inform staging models based on biology as well as targeted prevention and tailored intervention, and will galvanize interest in the development of pharmacologic agents that target the core biology of the illnesses, for which we currently have few effective pharmacotherapeutics.

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Anorexia NervosaBinge-Eating DisorderBulimia NervosaFeeding and Eating DisordersAnimalsGenome-Wide Association Study

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PMCPMC9744360

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