Reduced connectivity between the left fusiform body area and the extrastriate body area in anorexia nervosa is associated with body image distortion

Suchan, Boris; Bauser, Denise Soria; Busch, Martin; Schulte, Dietmar; Grönemeyer, Dietrich; Herpertz, Stephan; Vocks, Silja

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.002

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“…The significance of this correlation is highlighted by the overlap with regions specialized in visual processing of human bodies, the so-called extrastriate and fusiform body areas (EBA and FBA, respectively; 59,60), and the extreme body image distortion in acAN (88). Furthermore, EBA volume has been reported to be particularly reduced in acAN (14) and to show impaired functional connectivity with the FBA (89). Based on these convergent findings, we speculate that structural (and functional) anomalies in body-selective regions of visual cortex may contribute to the maintenance of body image distortion in AN.…”

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confidence: 93%

Global Cortical Thinning in Acute Anorexia Nervosa Normalizes Following Long-Term Weight Restoration

King¹,

Geisler²,

Ritschel³

et al. 2015

Biological Psychiatry

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Global Cortical Thinning in Acute Anorexia Nervosa Normalizes Following Long-Term Weight Restoration

King¹,

Geisler²,

Ritschel³

et al. 2015

Biological Psychiatry

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“…This paradoxical advantage in processing body parts observed in the AN patients is in keeping with their deficits of configural body processing , which may in turn reflect the general attention to details observed in AN patients (Suchan et al 2013). Therefore, future studies using eye movement tracking are needed to investigate the role of looking behavior and attentional bias in the altered sensitivity to models of body beauty in AN patients.…”

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The effects of body exposure on self-body image and esthetic appreciation in anorexia nervosa

Cazzato

Mian²,

Mele

et al. 2015

Exp Brain Res

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“…Several studies, investigating these networks, corroborate the existence of changes in sensorimotor and visual networks in ED patients either in terms of functional connectivity [15,21], which looks at correlations between brain regions [22], or in effective connectivity [23], which establishes causal effects between neural systems.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Furthermore, other studies, using effective connectivity analyses, revealed different networks between AN and healthy controls during visual processing of human bodies, suggesting alterations in the networks that perform body processing in women with AN [23]. A study performed with AN patients also presented reduced effective connectivity within the frontal cortex, the brain cognitive control system, and increased effective connectivity between regions involved in salience processing [25].…”

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Psychological risk factors, cognitive-contextual approaches and neural correlates in eating disorders: an integrative review

Marques¹,

Almeida²,

Santos³

et al. 2017

IJCNMH

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Eating disorders (ED) are a significant source of physical and psychosocial impairment, mainly amongst women in adolescence and early adulthood. The development and progression of ED are influenced by a large set of environmental and social factors, but it has also been recognized that ED have important biological and psychological determinants.This article reviews the literature on ED concerning defensive emotion and psychological processes involved in the development and maintenance of ED, but also their neuroimaging/electrophysiological correlates. Furthermore, it also reviews treatment approaches that focused on the improvement of ED patients' symptomatology.An extensive literature exists regarding neuroimaging/electrophysiological studies associated with clinical features of ED patients in terms of body image and food processing and reward/inhibition processes. However, studies addressing the neural correlates of psychological processes, such as rumination, experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion and self-criticism, and the defensive emotion of shame, which are key components for the development and maintenance of ED, are still scarce if not lacking. In the context of this cognitive set, cognitive-contextual approaches for ED patients, such as mindfulness, acceptance-and compassion-based interventions are promising to change the way individuals relate to their aversive experiences, but still requires a deeper understanding of the mechanisms by which it operates and further testing of its therapeutic efficacy.This review highlights the lack of neuroimaging/electrophysiological studies in ED patients in which concerns shame and other relevant psychological processes, but also the scarce evidence in terms of brain modifications associated with therapeutic efficacy of cognitive-contextual approaches that help to change the way individuals relate to their body, weight and food concerns, reduce maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and improve well-being in patients suffering from ED.

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Reduced connectivity between the left fusiform body area and the extrastriate body area in anorexia nervosa is associated with body image distortion

Cited by 87 publications

References 31 publications

Global Cortical Thinning in Acute Anorexia Nervosa Normalizes Following Long-Term Weight Restoration

Global Cortical Thinning in Acute Anorexia Nervosa Normalizes Following Long-Term Weight Restoration

The effects of body exposure on self-body image and esthetic appreciation in anorexia nervosa

Psychological risk factors, cognitive-contextual approaches and neural correlates in eating disorders: an integrative review

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