Advances in the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa using brain imaging

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-244

  Frank, Guido K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Brain imaging; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ALTANSERIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RACLOPRIDE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BULIMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84860255075     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2012.673583     Document Type: Review

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