Reduction of gray matter density in the extrastriate body area in women with anorexia nervosa

Differential neuronal responses to the self and others in the extrastriate body area and the fusiform body area

“…Persons were excluded if they had metal parts in their body, were pregnant, had a history of neurological disease, or suffered from claustrophobia. Furthermore, females with obesity or any form of eating disorder were excluded from the study on the basis of their scores on the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (Fairburn & Cooper, 1993;Hilbert, Tuschen-Caffier, Karwautz, Niederhofer, & Munsch, 2007), since previous research had demonstrated abnormalities in the EBA morphology (Suchan et al, 2010) and functionality (Uher et al, 2005) of individuals with eating disorders.…”

Metabolic gray matter changes of adolescents with anorexia nervosa in combined MR proton and phosphorus spectroscopy

“…The etiology of anorexia and its accompanying cerebral changes are multidimensional and only partially understood [11][12][13]. There is some evidence from histological, functional, and neuroimaging studies that AN is related to structural cerebral GM changes [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Early neuroimaging studies found inconsistent results of brain volume changes, reporting a decrease for the gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) [21][22][23], or for the WM only [24].…”

Structural and functional differences in the cingulate cortex relate to disease severity in anorexia nervosa

“…21 In contrast to studies focusing on functional imaging, studies describing structural changes have yielded less consistent results. 22 While some studies found loss of global grey matter, 23,24 others found a loss of white matter. 25 Brooks and colleagues 26 reported no significant global differences in patients with anorexia nervosa.…”