Prefrontal responses during proactive and reactive inhibition are differentially impacted by stress in anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Publication:

Margaret L. WestwaterFlavia ManciniAdam X. GorkaJane ShapleskeJaco SerfonteinChristian GrillonMonique Ernst Hisham Ziauddeen  and Paul C. Fletcher

12 April 2021


Summary

Stress does not trigger binge eating in people with eating disorders Cambridge researchers found. Researchers invited women with anorexia nervosa,  bulimia nervosa and healthy controls – to attend a two-day stay at Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science Translational Research Facility (TRF) where they performed tasks while their brain activity was monitored using a functional MRI scanner.

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