Food and the Brain

Completed

Conditions studied: Binge Eating

In brief

The proposed study will examine the role of reward and emotion in women with and without a history of binge eating. It is important to understand how the brain responds to reward and emotion in binge eating in order to identify different pathways toward binge eating and provide individualized targets for treatment. This is particularly important in light of the fact that for many patients, the current treatments for binge eating are not effective.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02743000

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

83

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2020-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female
• Ages 18-35
• with or without current binge eating behaviors

You may not qualify if…

• Any contraindication for MRI (orthodontia, vascular stents, metallic ear tubes, metal implants, piercings, etc).
• substance abuse
• traumatic brain injury
• BMI < 18.5
• pregnant women

Where it is running

• Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry — Stanford, California, United States

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