The acute salivary ghrelin response to a psychosocial stress is enhanced in symptomatic patients with bulimia nervosa: A pilot study

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 230-236

  Monteleone, Palmiero ^a,b   Tortorella, Alfonso ^b   Scognamiglio, Pasquale ^b   Serino, Ismene ^b   Monteleone, Alessio Maria ^b   Maj, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Bulimia nervosa; Cortisol; Ghrelin; Stress

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADULT; BULIMIA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867675861     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341877     Document Type: Article

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