Effects of body image therapy on the activation of the extrastriate body area in anorexia nervosa: an fMRI study

Silja Vocks; Martin Busch; Dietmar Schulte; Dietrich Grönermeyer; Stephan Herpertz; Boris Suchan

doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.011

Effects of body image therapy on the activation of the extrastriate body area in anorexia nervosa: an fMRI study

Psychiatry Res. 2010 Aug 30;183(2):114-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.011. Epub 2010 Jul 13.

Authors

Silja Vocks¹, Martin Busch, Dietmar Schulte, Dietrich Grönermeyer, Stephan Herpertz, Boris Suchan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 20630712
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.011

Abstract

To test effects of body image therapy in anorexia nervosa, functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to assess neuronal responses to viewing photographs of one's own body before and after treatment. Activation decreases emerged in a distributed network and increases were observed in the extrastriate body area, possibly reflecting more intense body image processing.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Anorexia Nervosa / pathology*
Anorexia Nervosa / rehabilitation*
Behavior Therapy / methods*
Body Image*
Brain Mapping*
Corpus Striatum / blood supply*
Corpus Striatum / physiopathology
Feedback, Psychological / physiology
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Oxygen / blood
Photic Stimulation
Statistics as Topic
Young Adult

Substances

Oxygen