Neurobiology of eating disorders - an overview

- Neurobiology of eating disorders and its overlap with other psychiatric illnesses is reviewed.
- Various articles on neurobiology of eating disorders were reviewed using the keywords like “Eating Disorder”, “Anorexia Nervosa”, “Binge Eating Disorder”, “Neurobiology”, on PUBMED and Google Scholar, and eligible studies were identified.
- Evidences support presence of neurobiological abnormalities in eating disorders.
- Further research in neurobiology of eating disorders would guide in developing more effective treatment modalities for this group of disorders.