Compulsive behaviors often stem from hijacked reward circuits, where the nucleus accumbens fails to gate impulses correctly, necessitating targeted interventions to restore normal function.

“it seems that repeated exposure to something like high fat food a drug of abuse or any type of reward that is a really strong reward in a way it can hijack normal functioning of the nucleus accumbens so the goal of our invasive trial is to try to restore normal functioning to that nucleus accumbens”