Neural processing of food and emotional stimuli in adolescent and adult anorexia nervosa patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A constant preoccupation with food and restrictive eating are main symptoms of anorexia nervosa (AN). Imaging studies revealed aberrant neural activation patterns in brain regions processing hedonic and reward reactions as well as-potentially aversive-emotions. An imbalance between so called "bottom-up" and "top-down" control areas is discussed. The present study is focusing on neural processing of disease-specific food stimuli and emotional stimuli and its developmental course in adolescent and adult AN patients and could offer new insight into differential mechanisms underlying shorter or more chronic disease.

Methods

33 adolescents aged 12-18 years (15 AN patients, 18 control participants) and 32 adult women (16 AN patients, 16 control participants) underwent f

SUBMITTER: Horndasch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5868769 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature