Brain dysfunction in anorexia nervosa: Cause or consequence of under-nutrition?

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-256

  Hay, Phillipa J ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia; brain imaging; cognition; eating disorder

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALNUTRITION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAIN; ENDOPHENOTYPES; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 79955098103     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283453775     Document Type: Article

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