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Table 3 Neural responses to food stimuli in people with AN

From: Physiological, emotional and neural responses to visual stimuli in eating disorders: a review

 

AN Participants

HC participants

Stimuli

AN > HC

AN < HC

Uher et al. 2004 [50]

16

19

Colour pictures of food > non-food images

Emotional aversive > neutral images

M.OFC, ACC

LI parietal, L occipital, posterior cerebellum

Brooks et al. 2011 [49]

18

24

Food > non-food images

DLPFC, cerebellum, R precuneus

Bilateral insula

Kim et al. 2012 [51]

18

20

High calorie food images > non-food images

L anterior insula, superior frontal gyrus, ACC, cerebellum

n/a

  1. R right, L left, DLPFC dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, OFC orbitofrontal cortex, ACC anterior cingulate cortex, M medial, S superior, I inferior