Background: It has been suggested that individuals predisposed to or recovered from
anorexia nervosa experience a hyperserotonergic state associated with anxiety that might …

Background Previous studies have suggested that individuals recovered from anorexia
nervosa (AN) are characterized by increased serotonergic (5-HT) activity that might be …

Background The serotonin (5-HT) hypothesis of anorexia nervosa (AN) posits that
individuals predisposed toward or recovered from AN (recAN) have a central nervous …

Previous research on central nervous serotonin (5-HT) function provided evidence for a
substantial involvement of 5-HT in the regulation of brain circuitries associated with cognitive …

BACKGROUND: Several lines of evidence suggest that a disturbance of serotonin neuronal
pathways may contribute to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN). This study applied …

Objective: Anorexia nervosa is a severe pathology often associated with malnutrition. It is
known that starvation could result in various anxious and depressive symptoms, often …

Objective Recent studies have raised the question as to whether a dysregulation of the
neurotransmitter serotonin may contribute to the alterations in mood seen in anorexia …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are related disorders of unknown etiology
that most commonly begin during adolescence in women. They are characterized by …

Context Previous studies have shown that women with anorexia nervosa (AN), when ill and
after recovery, have alterations of serotonin (5-HT) neuronal activity and core eating disorder …

Although a number of patients with anorexia nervosa—especially adolescents with relatively
recent onset of the disorder—experience marked improvement and even remission after …