title: Neuroimaging in eating disorders and obesity: implications for research.
abstract: Medicine and psychiatry have benefited from developments in investigational techniques. Neuroimaging is one such domain that has technically progressed enormously in recent years, resulting in, for example, higher temporal and spatial resolution. Neuroimaging techniques have been widely used in a range of psychiatric disorders, providing new insights into neural brain circuits and neuroreceptor functions in vivo. These imaging techniques allow researchers to study not only the configuration of brain structures but also aspects of normal and anomalous human behavior more accurately.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Eating Disorders PO59, De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF, London, UK.
authors.forename: Frederique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van den Eynde
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001066:Appetite / Q000502:physiology; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger / Q000502:physiology; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D004298:Dopamine