"Anorexia Nervosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; refusal to maintain minimal normal weight; and AMENORRHEA. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
| Descriptor ID |
D000856
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03.400.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Anorexia Nervosa- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anorexia Nervosas
- Nervosa, Anorexia
- Nervosas, Anorexia
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anorexia Nervosa" by people in Profiles.
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Not just an upset stomach: gastric perforation in a patient with anorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Jun; 27(5):1907-1911.
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Menstrual Patterns Among Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Does "Junk Food" Play a Role? J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Dec; 34(6):811-814.
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Heightened affective response to perturbation of respiratory but not pain signals in eating, mood, and anxiety disorders. PLoS One. 2020; 15(7):e0235346.
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A systematic and methodological review of attentional biases in eating disorders: Food, body, and perfectionism. Brain Behav. 2019 12; 9(12):e01458.
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Influence of Visceral Interoceptive Experience on the Brain's Response to Food Images in Anorexia Nervosa. Psychosom Med. 2017 Sep; 79(7):777-784.
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Altered Insula Activity during Visceral Interoception in Weight-Restored Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Jan; 41(2):521-8.
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Treatment of anorexia nervosa in the context of transsexuality: a case report. Int J Eat Disord. 2014 Jan; 47(1):112-5.
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Neuroses of the stomach: eating, gender, and psychopathology in French medicine, 1800-1870. Isis. 2007 Mar; 98(1):54-79.
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Variation in the ESR1 and ESR2 genes and genetic susceptibility to anorexia nervosa. Mol Psychiatry. 2002; 7(1):86-9.
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Cholecystokinin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and peptide histidine methionine responses to feeding in anorexia nervosa. Regul Pept. 1991 Oct 01; 36(1):141-50.