Journal article
Escaping the Golden Cage: Animal Models of Eating Disorders in the Post-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Era
Biological psychiatry (1969), Vol.79(1), pp.17-24
01/01/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.006
PMID: 25777657
Abstract
Eating disorders (EDs) are severe, life-threatening mental illnesses characterized by marked disturbances in body image and eating patterns. Attempts to understand the neurobiological basis of EDs have been hindered by the perception that EDs are primarily socially reinforced behaviors and not the result of a pathophysiologic process. This view is reflected by the diagnostic criteria of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, which emphasize intrapsychic conflicts such as "inability to maintain body weight," "undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation," and "denial of the seriousness of low body weight" over neuropsychological measures. The neuropsychological constructs introduced within the research domain criteria (RDoC) matrix offer new hope for determining the neural substrate underlying the biological predisposition to EDs. We present selected studies demonstrating deficits in patients with EDs within each domain of the RDoC and propose a set of behavioral tasks in model systems that reflect aspects of that deficit. Finally, we propose a battery of tasks to examine comprehensively the function of neural circuits relevant to the development of EDs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Escaping the Golden Cage: Animal Models of Eating Disorders in the Post-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Era
- Creators
- Michael Lutter - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.. Electronic address: Michael-Lutter@uiowa.eduAnna E Croghan - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaHuxing Cui - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Biological psychiatry (1969), Vol.79(1), pp.17-24
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.006
- PMID
- 25777657
- ISSN
- 0006-3223
- eISSN
- 1873-2402
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040328502771
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