Dopamine and anorexia nervosa

P Södersten, C Bergh, M Leon, M Zandian - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2016 - Elsevier
… risk for anorexia nervosa by engaging mesolimbic dopamine … that dopamine neurons are
activated in anorexia nervosa, … response and the mesolimbic dopamine neurons may be …

Dopamine in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review

D Kontis, E Theochari - Behavioural pharmacology, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a chronic relapsing psychiatric disorder with a largely unknown
pathophysiology. Dopamine has … Diet restriction has been associated with reduced dopamine

On the role of dopamine in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa

VC Barry, HL Klawans - Journal of Neural Transmission, 1976 - Springer
… disorder in which dopamine may also play a … dopamine antagonists should have efficacy
in both states. The two disorders involve different dopaminergic systems with anorexia nervosa

Altered dopamine activity after recovery from restricting-type anorexia nervosa

WH Kaye, GKW Frank, C McConaha - Neuropsychopharmacology, 1999 - Elsevier
When ill, women with eating disorders have disturbances of mood and behavior and
alterations of catecholamine activity. It is not known whether these alterations are cause or …

The rise and fall of dopamine: a two-stage model of the development and entrenchment of anorexia nervosa

JA Beeler, NS Burghardt - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dopamine has long been implicated as a critical neural substrate mediating anorexia nervosa
… Despite nearly 50 years of research, the putative direction of change in dopamine function …

Influence of dopamine polymorphisms on the risk for anorexia nervosa and associated psychopathological features

G Gervasini, I Gordillo, A García-Herráiz… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
… in dopaminergic pathways good candidates for playing a relevant role in anorexia nervosa
(… We have analyzed the effect of 8 polymorphisms in genes coding for dopamine receptors (…

Could dopamine agonists aid in drug development for anorexia nervosa?

GKW Frank - Frontiers in nutrition, 2014 - frontiersin.org
… research on dopamine in anorexia nervosa and then provide evidence that brain dopamine
function is tied to a variety of core and associated symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Targeting …

Amphetamine induced dopamine release increases anxiety in individuals recovered from anorexia nervosa

UF Bailer, R Narendran, WG Frankle… - … Journal of Eating …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a disorder of unknown etiology, which invariably has an onset … 9
suggest that individuals with AN have altered striatal dopamine (DA) function which, in theory, …

Anorexia nervosa, perfectionism, and dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4)

R Bachner‐Melman, E Lerer, AH Zohar… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… The dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4), a well-characterized, polymorphic gene, is an attractive
candidate for contributing risk to disordered eating and anorexia nervosa (AN). We tested …

Dopamine antagonism inhibits anorectic behavior in an animal model for anorexia nervosa

LAW Verhagen, MCM Luijendijk, JJG Hillebrand… - European …, 2009 - Elsevier
… described as symptom of Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Activity-based anorexia (ABA) is … of
dopamine and/or serotonin in this trait. Here, we investigated the effect of a non-selective …