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ReviewFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2025

The role of motivation in eating disorders: understanding sex differences in the circuits.

Sofia Nasini, Antonino Casile, Brigitta Bonaldo, Camilla Mancini, Serafina Manila Guzzo, Luca Botticelli, Stefano Comai

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Review in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sofia Nasini *Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Antonino Casile *Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Brigitta BonaldoDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Camilla ManciniPharmacology Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
Serafina Manila GuzzoPharmacology Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
Luca BotticelliPharmacology Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
Stefano ComaiDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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Abstract

Motivated behaviors, such as reproduction and feeding, are essential for mammalian survival. Although these behaviors serve distinct evolutionary purposes, they share a common function: fulfilling specific biological needs. Their regulation involves distinct brain regions and is influenced by a complex interplay of neural circuits, with significant sex-based differences. Alterations in motivation represent critical components of effort-based decision-making processes in eating disorders (EDs). Importantly, the impairments in motivated behavior observed in EDs arise not from structural changes within the relevant brain regions but rather from functional alterations influenced primarily by gonadal hormones. These hormones play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of EDs, driving sex-based differences in both the qualitative aspects of symptom presentation and developmental trajectories through intracellular genomic signaling pathways. The current review examines sex differences in motivated behavior within the context of EDs.

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eating disordersmotivated behaviormurine modelsneuronal pathwaysneurotransmitterssex differences

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PMID40989500
PMCPMC12450678

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