title: Psychobiology of anorexia nervosa.
abstract: The psychobiology of anorexia nervosa is described and explained under four headings; (1) the psychopathology as related to the motivation for fasting; (2) metabolic and somatic consequences of starvation, including brain morphology; (3) endocrine abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and gonadal axis; and (4) the hunger drive and its possible perversions in terms of aspects of neuroethology and the reward system in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ploog
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pirke
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones