Anorexia nervosa, self-starvation and the reward of stress

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-22

  Bergh, Cecilia ^a   Södersten, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REWARD; STARVATION; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030045468     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0196-21     Document Type: Short Survey

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