Neural basis of a multidimensional model of body image distortion in anorexia nervosa

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1839-1847

  Gaudio, Santino ^a   Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anorexia nervosa; Body image; Eating disorders; Insula; Neuroimaging; Parietal lobe; Precuneus; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE DISTORTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBE; INSULA; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84864808993     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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