Anorexia nervosa as a motivated behavior: Relevance of anxiety, stress, fear and learning

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 466-472

  Guarda, Angela S ^a   Schreyer, Colleen C ^a   Boersma, Gretha J ^a   Tamashiro, Kellie L ^a   Moran, Timothy H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based anorexia; Anorexia nervosa; Anxiety; Estrogen; Fear conditioning; Habit learning

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COMORBIDITY; CONDITIONING; EXERCISE; FEAR; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84961140707     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.04.007     Document Type: Review

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