Is there a common mechanism of serotonin dysregulation in anorexia nervosa and obsessive compulsive disorder?

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-231

  Barbarich, N ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; CSF5 HIAA; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Perfectionism; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0036726611     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327460     Document Type: Article

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