Cracking the moody brain: the rewards of self starvation

Nat Med. 2010 Dec;16(12):1382-3. doi: 10.1038/nm1210-1382.

Authors

Caroline F Zink¹, Daniel R Weinberger

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program, National Institute of Mental Health, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 21135849
DOI: 10.1038/nm1210-1382

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Affect / physiology*
Anorexia Nervosa / physiopathology
Anorexia Nervosa / psychology*
Basal Ganglia / metabolism*
Dopamine / metabolism*
Female
Humans
Models, Neurological
Motivation / physiology*
Signal Transduction / physiology*
Starvation / physiopathology
Starvation / psychology*

Substances

Dopamine