A significant proportion of the global burden of disease can be attributed to mental illness.
Despite important advances in identifying risk factors for mental health conditions, the …

Epigenetic mechanisms are believed to link environmental exposures to alterations in gene
expression, and in so doing, to provide a physical substrate for the activation of hereditary …

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder,
have a deep social impact, concluding with death in cases of severe disease. Eating …

Background: The incidence of eating disorders (EDs), serious mental and physical
conditions characterized by a disturbance in eating or eating-related behaviors, has …

Background Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest mortality rates of all mental illnesses.
For those who survive, less than 70% fully recover, with many going on to develop a more …

Epigenetic studies in the eating disorders corroborate the idea that eating disorder cause is
multifactorial, and identify markers that could help inform our understanding of illness …

Studies of pathophysiological mechanisms involved in eating disorders (EDs) have
intensified over the past several years, revealing their unprecedented and unanticipated …

Background: It has been suggested that individuals predisposed to or recovered from
anorexia nervosa experience a hyperserotonergic state associated with anxiety that might …

Purpose It has been reported that serotonergic systems and parenting styles are involved in
the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN). The present study made attempts to examine …

Environmental toxicants can regulate gene expression in the absence of DNA mutations via
epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non-coding …