Key points Anorexia research with human participants has limitations. Animal models of anorexia can't recreate every symptom of the disorder. Animal models have helped researchers explore and ...

Human research poses several limitations that make studying anorexia nervosa (AN) from a neurobiological approach difficult. Source: Anna Shvets/Pexels First, because people clinically diagnosed with ...

Anxiety has clear clinical intersections, notably with anorexia nervosa. To investigate the therapeutic potential of the anxiety-relieving, leptin-sensitive neurons for the treatment of anorexia ...

PARIS | In one of the most elegant cities on earth, France's Parliament has moved to make it a crime to use anorexic models or encourage anorexia, as authorities try to crack down on the glorification ...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric disorder involving self-starvation, an intense fear of weight gain, and compulsive hyperactivity, which has led to a mortality rate around 16.9 times ...