Editorial to the virtual issue highlighting neuroscience based research in eating disorders to mark the 49th Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

Abstract

Objective This virtual issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders highlights recently published research that is based on neuroscience concepts, to mark the 49th Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, in November 2019. Methods and Results The collection of articles includes research published between 2018 and 2019 that fall within the broader field of clinical neuroscience. Those articles span a broad range of themes, including food intake regulation and reward circuitry, taste perception, decision‐making, cognitive and emotional bias, and targeting altered brain circuits using novel therapeutic methods. Discussion The eating disorders field as a whole is increasingly incorporating neuroscience‐based concepts when studying those disorders and developing disease models. We hope that this virtual issue will further stimulate discussion and research that is focused on brain circuits and neurobiology to study etiology and pathophysiology of eating disorders to develop more effective treatments.

A systematic review of implicit attitudes and their neural correlates in eating behaviour

“…A first evidence is that very few studies explored the neurobiological correlates of implicit attitudes related to eating behaviour. Neuroscientific investigation of eating behaviour has increased in the past decades supporting a brain-based approach to eating disorders and outlining different neurobiological models, which represent the rationale for combining psychotherapy and biological treatments ( Val-Laillet et al , 2015 ; Frank, 2019 ). Neuroimaging studies reported the involvement of emotional and reward neuronal circuits in monitoring eating behaviour, and neuromodulation treatments have been tested targeting these circuits ( Val-Laillet et al , 2015 ; Hall et al , 2018b ).…”