Brain circuitry is different for women with anorexia and obesity
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 21:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Why does one person become anorexic and another obese? Researchers have now shown that reward circuits in the brain are sensitized in anorexic women and desensitized in obese women.
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