Journal article
Saccadic eye movements in Anorexia Nervosa
A Phillipou, SL Rossell, C Gurvich, ME Hughes, DJ Castle, RG Nibbs, LA Abel
Plos One | Published : 2016
Open access
Abstract
Background: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) has a mortality rate among the highest of any mental illness, though the factors involved in the condition remain unclear. Recently, the potential neurobiological underpinnings of the condition have become of increasing interest. Saccadic eye movement tasks have proven useful in our understanding of the neurobiology of some other psychiatric illnesses as they utilise known brain regions, but to date have not been examined in AN. The aim of this study was to investigate whether individuals with AN differ from healthy individuals in performance on a range of saccadic eye movements tasks. Methods: 24 females with AN and 25 healthy individuals matched for age, g..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Jack Brockhoff Foundation (LA, SR, DC, AP, grant number: 3410); the Dick and Pip Smith Foundation (AP, LA, SR, DC); an Australian Postgraduate Award (AP) and the David Hay Memorial Fund Award (AP). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.