A novel approach for the treatment of obesity: examining the potential of addiction therapeutics

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1108092

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Difficulty in managing food intake, especially highly palatable food, can result in obesity and the health liabilities associated with being overweight. In its extreme, the difficulty reducing food intake resembles an addictive disorder. We have compelling preliminary data which show deficits in the brain associated with addiction are also found in diet-induced obesity. Therefore strategies used to treat addiction can potentially be used to treat obesity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $765,935.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurosciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

addiction | addictive behaviours | binge eating disorder | obesity | synaptic plasticity

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