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Common Phenotype in Patients with Both Food and Substance Dependence: Case Reports

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The understanding that genes play a significant role in reward dependence and associated behavioral and drug addictions is highlighted in the emergence of Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS). Here we show two case reports that unequivocally indicate the definite commonality between food and drug addiction. These human cases not atypically raise the question as to how to treat these two seemingly diverse addictions. We suggest that research directed in an attempt to induce natural activation of dopaminergic reward circuitry as a form of common therapy may indeed be parsimonious.

Source: Journal of Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy

DOI: 10.4172/2157-7412.1000122

Author: Campbell HB

Language: English

Topic: Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Awards: Affective and Conative Changes in Alcoholism, Affective and Conative Changes in Alcoholism