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Eating Disorders
Brain's opioid receptors may hold key to treatment possibilities
September 1st, 2005
The role of the brain's opioid receptor system - or endorphin system - may hold the key to understanding and treating bulimia nervosa, according to new research. "Involvement of the opioid system may explain the addictive quality of this behavioral disorder," said Angela Guarda, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. The first imaging study to implicate the opioid system in bulimia nervosa shows differences in women with bulimia compared to healthy women, added J. James Frost, MD, PhD, professor of radiology and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins and coauthor of "Regional micro-opioid receptor binding in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-01)
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