Low serum BDNF and food intake regulation: A possible new explanation of the pathophysiology of eating disorders

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-316

  Saito, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kimihiko ^a   Hashimoto, Eri ^a   Saito, Toshikazu ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Bulimia nervosa; Eating attitude test; Eating disorders; Oral control

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING ATTITUDE TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY 2; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BULIMIA; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049096281     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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