Altered habenula to locus coeruleus functional connectivity in past anorexia nervosa suggests correlation with suicidality: a pilot study.

CONCLUSIONS: pAN patients showed long lasting alterations in habenular connectivity. This may have clinical implications, possibly including future evaluation of the habenula as a therapeutic target and the need to carefully monitor suicidality in pAN patients.
NO LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Basic science.
PMID: 31376112 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - August 1, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Wills KE, Gosnell SN, Curtis KN, Velasquez K, Fowler JC, Salas R Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research