Brain dopamine and obesity
Brain dopamine and obesity
Gene-Jack Wang,N. Volkow,5 Authors,J. Fowler
2001 · DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03643-6
The Lancet · 1,809 Citations
TLDR
Dopamine modulates motivation and reward circuits and hence dopamine deficiency in obese individuals may perpetuate pathological eating as a means to compensate for decreased activation of these circuits.