Anorexia nervosa and estrogen: Current status of the hypothesis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1195-1200

  Young, John K ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Estrogen; Estrogen receptors; Feeding; Genetics; Hypothalamus; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RALOXIFENE; THYROXINE RECEPTOR;

AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CALORIC INTAKE; DEPRESSION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 77954087130     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.01.015     Document Type: Review

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