Brain Imaging Unveils Neurobiology of Anorexia, Bulimia

Current treatments for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia are said to be limited and ineffective, as patients often relapse and face chronic illness. Researchers believes that a limited understanding of how brain function affects eating disorder symptoms prove to be a hinderance in the development of new eating disorder treatments. A program at the University of California, San Diego, is developing an imaging-based treatment technique designed to address the neurobioglogy of anorexia nervosa. Recent findings have discovered alternations in the brain connected to food and anxiety in anorexic individuals. Click here to read the full story.