Source-linked briefing Health

Largest Bulimia Nervosa Imaging Study Ties Brain Structure Differences to Binge Severity

Largest Bulimia Nervosa Imaging Study Ties Brain Structure Differences to Binge Severity

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found structural differences in brain regions related to reward, motivation, and social-sensory processing among people with bulimia nervosa. More frequent binge eating was linked to more widespread differences, according to JAMA Psychiatry.

Original headline

Largest neuroimaging study of bulimia nervosa finds structural brain differences linked to diagnosis and binge-eating severity