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Neurobiology of anorexia nervosa: Clinical implications of alterations of the function of serotonin and other neuronal systems
Author(s) -
Kaye Walter H.,
Frank Guido K.,
Bailer Ursula F.,
Henry Shannan E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20109
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , pathological , neuroscience , anxiety , etiology , serotonin , anorexia , stressor , impulse control , eating disorders , impulse control disorder , impulse (physics) , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , receptor , physics , quantum mechanics
Recent evidence suggests that genetic and neurobiologically mediated mechanisms contribute to the etiology of anorexia nervosa (AN). Serotonin neuronal systems, in particular, may create vulnerabilities related to pathological feeding, anxiety and obsessions, and extremes of impulse control, that make individuals susceptible to developing an eating disorder, perhaps in combination with environmental stressors. © 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.