is anorexia nervosa an eating disorder? - Maudsley Parents
is anorexia nervosa an eating disorder? - Maudsley Parents
is anorexia nervosa an eating disorder? - Maudsley Parents
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Brain Dopamine (DA)<br />
Optimal Response to Stimuli<br />
Schultz 1997;Horvitz 2000; Berridge 1996; Kelly 2004<br />
• DA mediates learning <strong>an</strong>d reinforcement<br />
mech<strong>an</strong><strong>is</strong>ms associated with positive rewards<br />
(food in hungry <strong>an</strong>imal)<br />
• Role not selective for food but rather for<br />
signaling salience of a variety of potential<br />
rewards, or cues that predict rewards<br />
• DA encodes motivation <strong>an</strong>d appropriate<br />
choices (goal directed)