Anorexia nervosa - A noradrenergic dysregulation hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 580-584

  Nunn, Ken ^a   Frampton, Ian ^b,d,e   Lask, Bryan ^b,c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ellern Mede Eating Disorders Service   (United Kingdom)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSULA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84859270343     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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