Friday, July 27, 2018

In Anorexia, Brain’s Reward Response to Taste Tied to High Anxiety

In patients with anorexia nervosa, the brain’s reward response to taste is alternatively linked with high anxiety and a drive for thinness, and this association could play a role in driving the disorder, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus monitored a large group of patients with anorexia nervosa as they tasted sugar during brain imaging.

The findings show that the brain response of anorexics...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/07/27/in-anorexia-brains-reward-response-to-taste-tied-to-high-anxiety/137331.html

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