Drug addiction and several eating disorders share striking similarities in their behavioural patterns triggered by the presence of neuronal alterations in the brain reward circuit. In this Thesis, we investigate the neurobiological mechanisms modulating the rewarding effects of a drug of abuse, cocaine, and the progression of some eating disorders. Firstly, we evaluated the effect of three natural isoflavones, daidzin, daidzein and genistein, and a reference compound, disulfiram, in the modulation of the reinforcing and relapsing properties of cocaine in mice. Among them, the natural isoflavone daidzein presents a promising therapeutic effect decreasing cocaine reinforcing effects and relapse that surpasses those of disulfiram. Other reward...
Drugs of abuse and highly palatable food share the property to stimulate dopamine (DA) transmission ...
Palatability enhances food intake by hedonic mechanisms that prevail over caloric necessities. Diffe...
High-palatable and caloric foods are widely overconsumed due to hedonic mechanisms that prevail over...
Drug addiction and several eating disorders share striking similarities in their behavioural pattern...
The easy access to palatable foods is a major contributing factor for compulsive eating and developm...
Drug addiction and some eating disorders present striking similarities in their behavioural symptoms...
An increasing perspective conceptualizes obesity and overeating as disorders related to addictive-li...
An increasing perspective conceptualizes obesity and overeating as disorders related to addictive-li...
Food addiction is closely associated with eating disorders including obesity and binge eating. Howe...
Food addiction is linked to obesity and eating disorders and is characterized by a loss of behaviora...
Eating disorders are multifactorial conditions involving genetic, metabolic, environmental, and beha...
The rapid increase of obesity has encouraged the study of the aetiology of eating disorders. Besides...
Foods that are rich in fats and sugars are pleasurable because they stimulate our reward circuits, t...
Subtle cues in our environment, like the smell of palatable food or the logo of a popular food chain...
Foods that are rich in fats and sugars are pleasurable because they stimulate our reward circuits, t...
Drugs of abuse and highly palatable food share the property to stimulate dopamine (DA) transmission ...
Palatability enhances food intake by hedonic mechanisms that prevail over caloric necessities. Diffe...
High-palatable and caloric foods are widely overconsumed due to hedonic mechanisms that prevail over...
Drug addiction and several eating disorders share striking similarities in their behavioural pattern...
The easy access to palatable foods is a major contributing factor for compulsive eating and developm...
Drug addiction and some eating disorders present striking similarities in their behavioural symptoms...
An increasing perspective conceptualizes obesity and overeating as disorders related to addictive-li...
An increasing perspective conceptualizes obesity and overeating as disorders related to addictive-li...
Food addiction is closely associated with eating disorders including obesity and binge eating. Howe...
Food addiction is linked to obesity and eating disorders and is characterized by a loss of behaviora...
Eating disorders are multifactorial conditions involving genetic, metabolic, environmental, and beha...
The rapid increase of obesity has encouraged the study of the aetiology of eating disorders. Besides...
Foods that are rich in fats and sugars are pleasurable because they stimulate our reward circuits, t...
Subtle cues in our environment, like the smell of palatable food or the logo of a popular food chain...
Foods that are rich in fats and sugars are pleasurable because they stimulate our reward circuits, t...
Drugs of abuse and highly palatable food share the property to stimulate dopamine (DA) transmission ...
Palatability enhances food intake by hedonic mechanisms that prevail over caloric necessities. Diffe...
High-palatable and caloric foods are widely overconsumed due to hedonic mechanisms that prevail over...