Bulimia Tied to Brain Differences, Columbia University Study

Medical News Today -- Female patients with bulimia nervosa seem to respond more impulsively in psychological tests in comparison to patients without eating disorders, according to a report released on January 5, 2008 in Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Additionally, functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans of these patients show different activities in the areas responsible for regulating behavior.

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