Charting the Brain to Better Define AN.

The article discusses the importance of brain imaging technology in examining possible causes of anorexia nervosa (AN). Researchers from the University of California in San Diego stated that the technology can detect the hypothalamic changes of the brain based on the dysfunction of ventral and dorsal neural circuits. Somatic, autonomic and visceral information is highly recommended by the scientists to know accurately the psychiatric problems like anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.