Obesity and the Neuroscience of Food Craving Webinar

The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation will host Carrie Ferrario, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School, on Tuesday, October 13^th at 1pm (CT). Dr. Ferrario will present “Why Did I Eat That? Obesity and the Neuroscience of Food Craving” as a part of the BBRF Meet the Scientist Webinar Series. Dr. Ferrario’s research, which draws on concepts in addiction and learning, explores the neurobiological mechanisms of cue-triggered food craving and how these are influenced by consumption of sugary, fatty, “junk-food” diets and individual susceptibility to obesity. She will discuss how alterations in excitatory nerve-cell transmission within the brain’s reward pathway influences food craving, and how these alterations relate to eating behaviors. Learn more and register for this webinar HERE.