Advances in the neurobiology of eating disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 556-561

  Van Elburg, Annemarie ^a   Treasure, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; genetics; neurobiology; neuroimaging; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DSB GSK 1521498; ENDOCANNABINOID; GHRELIN; GSK 1521498; LEPTIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OPIATE; RIMONABANT; SAMIDORPHAN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALEXITHYMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 16; COGNITION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EATING DISORDER; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOOD DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; REWARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84885179542     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328365a2e7     Document Type: Review

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