Regulation of appetite and cholecystokinin secretion in anorexia nervosa



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Am J Psychiatry 1992; 149:958-961
Copyright © 1992 by American Psychiatric Association

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Regulation of appetite and cholecystokinin secretion in anorexia nervosa

TD Geracioti Jr, RA Liddle, M Altemus, MA Demitrack and PW Gold
Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, Md.

Six patients with anorexia nervosa, the same patients after weight normalization, and six healthy control subjects had similar fasting and postprandial plasma cholecystokinin concentrations. These data do not support the hypothesis that low levels of hunger and food intake in anorexic patients reflect hypersecretion of this endogenous hormone, which is thought to inhibit hunger, promote satiety, and reduce feeding.

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