Activity Based Anorexia as an Animal Model for Anorexia Nervosa–A Systematic Review

Activity Based Anorexia as an Animal Model for Anorexia Nervosa–A Systematic Review

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe eating disorder affecting around 1 per 100 persons. However, the knowledge about its underlying pathophysiology is limited. To address the need for a better understanding of AN, an animal model was established early on in the late 1960's: the activity-based ano...

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Main Authors: Martha A. Schalla, Andreas Stengel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
eating disorder
food restriction
hypophagia
hyperactivity
mice
rats
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2019.00069/full

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