Insular dysfunction and descending pain inhibition in anorexia nervosa

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-278

  Bar K J ^a   Berger, S ^a   Schwier, C ^a   Wutzler, U ^b   Beissner, F ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Autonomic nervous system; Descending pain inhibition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Pain perception

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAT; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PONS; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874970087     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01896.x     Document Type: Article

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