What Structural Brain Abnormalities Have Researchers Discovered in Patients with Anorexia

question 53

Multiple Choice

What structural brain abnormalities have researchers discovered in patients with anorexia nervosa when they are ill?

• A) Decreased hypothalamus size
• B) Decreased ventricle size
• C) Frontal lobe lesions
• D) Loss of gray matter and reduced brain mass

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