Anorexia nervosa and the insula

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-357

  Nunn, Ken ^a   Frampton, Ian ^b,c,d   Fuglset, Tone Seim ^b   Törzsök Sonnevend, Maria ^e   Lask, Bryan ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f Ellern Mede Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BODY ARMOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; EATING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INSULA; INTEROCEPTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; TASTE; THINKING;

EID: 79751531730     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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