Resting State Hypoconnectivity of Reward Networks in Binge Eating Disorder.
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              The clinical presentation of binge eating disorder (BED) and data emerging from task-based functional neuroimaging research suggests that this disorder may be associated with alterations in reward processing. However, there is a dearth of research investigating the functional organization of brain networks that mediate reward in BED. To address this gap, 27 adults with BED and 21 weight-matched healthy controls (WMC) completed a multimodel assessment consisting of a resting functional magnetic resonance imaging scan, behavioral tasks measuring reward-based decision-making (i.e., delay discounting and reversal learning), and self-report assessing clinical symptoms. A seed-based approach was employed to examine the resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) of the striatum (nucleus accumbens [NAcc] and ventral and dorsal caudate), a collection of regions implicated in reward processing. Compared with WMC, the BED group exhibited lower rsFC of striatal seeds, with frontal regions mediating executive functioning (e.g., superior frontal gyrus [SFG]) and posterior, parietal, and temporal regions implicated in emotional processing. Lower NAcc-SFG rsFC was associated with more difficulties with reversal learning and binge eating frequency in the BED group. Results suggest that hypoconnectivity of striatal networks that integrate self-regulation and reward processing may promote the clinical phenomenology of BED. Interventions for BED may benefit from targeting these circuit-based disturbances.  | 
        
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              2021 
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| Journal | 
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              Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 
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              31 
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              5 
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| Number of Pages | 
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              2494-2504 
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| Date Published | 
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              2021 
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| ISSN Number | 
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              1047-3211 
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| URL | 
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              https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/cercor/bhaa369 
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| DOI | 
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              10.1093/cercor/bhaa369 
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| Short Title | 
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              Cereb Cortex 
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