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Ghrelin response to hedonic eating in underweight and short-term weight restored patients with anorexia nervosa.

Abstract
Recently, anorexia nervosa (AN) has been conceptualized as a reward-related disorder, and alterations in brain reward processes have been documented in both acute and recovered AN patients. However, the role of endogenous biochemical mediators, such as ghrelin, in the modulation of reward processes has been poorly investigated in this eating disorder. Hedonic eating, that is the consumption of food exclusively for pleasure and not to maintain energy homeostasis, is a useful paradigm to investigate the physiology of food-related reward. Therefore, we assessed the response of peripheral ghrelin to hedonic eating in 7 underweight and 7 recently weight-restored AN patients and compared it to that of previously studied healthy controls. We found that in satiated underweight patients with AN plasma ghrelin levels progressively decreased after the exposure and the consumption of both the favorite and unfavorite food whereas in satiated weight-restored AN patients and satiated healthy controls plasma ghrelin concentrations significantly increased after the exposure to the favorite food and after eating it, but decreased after the unfavorite food. These results suggest a derangement in the ghrelin modulation of food-related pleasurable and rewarding feelings, which might sustain the reduced motivation toward food intake of acute AN patients.
AuthorsAlessio Maria Monteleone, Palmiero Monteleone, Riccardo Dalle Grave, Massimiliano Nigro, Marwan El Ghoch, Simona Calugi, Monica Cimino, Mario Maj
JournalPsychiatry research (Psychiatry Res) Vol. 235 Pg. 55-60 (Jan 30 2016) ISSN: 1872-7123 [Electronic] Ireland
PMID26674388 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Ghrelin
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anorexia Nervosa (blood, psychology)
  • Body Weight
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Eating (physiology, psychology)
  • Female
  • Ghrelin (blood)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pleasure (physiology)
  • Reward
  • Thinness (blood, psychology)
  • Young Adult

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