Towards a neurocircuitry in anorexia nervosa: evidence from functional neuroimaging studies.
Functional neuroimaging is widely used to unravel changes in brain functioning in psychiatric disorders. In the current study, we review single-photon emission tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in anorexia nervosa (AN), a difficult-to-treat eating disorder with the highest mortality rate among psychiatric disorders. We discuss the role of the parietal cortex, anterior and subgenual cingulate cortex, frontal cortex and temporal lobe in light of the cardinal symptoms of AN. The insights of the current review may ultimately lead to the development of new treatments.
van Kuyck
Kris
K
Laboratory for Experimental Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, K.U.Leuven Provisorium I, Minderbroedersstraat 17, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Kris.vankuyck@med.kuleuven.be
Gérard
Nathalie
N
Van Laere
Koen
K
Casteels
Cindy
C
Pieters
Guido
G
Gabriëls
Loes
L
Nuttin
Bart
B
D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods