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Starvation based perpetuating mechanisms in anorexia nervosa and bulimia
Author(s) -
Garfinkel Paul,
Kaplan Allan S.
Publication year - 1985
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.2260040423
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , starvation , vasopressin , anorexia , endocrinology , medicine , serotonin , bulimia nervosa , norepinephrine , hormone , psychology , refeeding syndrome , eating disorders , psychiatry , malnutrition , dopamine , receptor
Evidence is reviewed to support the idea that effects of starvation cause the syndrome of anorexia nervosa to be self‐perpetuating. This article emphasizes physiological abnormalities of sympathetic activity, norepinephrine and serotonin metabolism, arginine vasopressin, gut hormones and endorphinergic activity, and how they may be implicated in this process.