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Brain Variations Identified in Children With Restrictive Eating Disorders
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Brain Variations Identified in Children With Restrictive Eating Disorders
Children with a restrictive eating disorder show recognizable changes in brain structure, according to a new study. Identifying the causes of these changes could help researchers understand how these conditions relate to other neurodevelopmental disorders and how they might be better treated. Magnetic resonance imaging scans of 174 children aged under 13 who had been diagnosed with an early-onset restrictive eating disorder (rEO-ED) were analyze…
MONTREAL — Eating disorders that occur early in children's lives are associated with major structural changes in their brains, reveals a new study led by Clara Moreau, a researcher at the Azrieli Research Centre at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal. By analyzing magnetic resonance (MRI) brain images from a sample of 290 children aged 7 to 13, Ms. Moreau observed a large and widespread thinning of the cerebral cortex in anorexic children. This pheno…
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