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Brain volumes and regional cortical thickness in young females with anorexia nervosa

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Title
Brain volumes and regional cortical thickness in young females with anorexia nervosa
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BMC Psychiatry, November 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-1126-9
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Tone Seim Fuglset, Tor Endestad, Eva Hilland, Lasse Bang, Christian Krog Tamnes, Nils Inge Landrø, Øyvind Rø

Abstract

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe mental illness, with an unknown etiology. Magnetic resonance imaging studies show reduced brain volumes and cortical thickness in patients compared to healthy controls. However, findings are inconsistent, especially concerning the anatomical location and extent of the differences. The purpose of this study was to estimate and compare brain volumes and regional cortical thickness in young females with AN and healthy controls. Magnetic resonance imaging data was acquired from young females with anorexia nervosa (n = 23) and healthy controls (n = 28). Two different scanner sites were used. BMI varied from 13.5 to 20.7 within the patient group, and 11 patients had a BMI > 17.5. FreeSurfer was used to estimate brain volumes and regional cortical thickness. There were no differences between groups in total cerebral cortex volume, white matter volume, or lateral ventricle volume. There were also no volume differences in subcortical grey matter structures. However the results showed reduced cortical thickness bilaterally in the superior parietal gyrus, and in the right inferior parietal and superior frontal gyri. The functional significance of the findings is undetermined as the majority of the included patients was already partially weight-restored. We discuss whether these regions could be related to predisposing factors of the illness, or whether they are regions that are more vulnerable to starvation, malnutrition or associated processes in AN.

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Canada 1 1%
Unknown 66 99%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 18%
Student > Bachelor 8 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 9%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Master 6 9%
Other 10 15%
Unknown 19 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 12 18%
Psychology 12 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 1%
Computer Science 1 1%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 27 40%
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#15,557,505
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