Psychobiology of Bulimia

Jimerson, David

Abstract

To assess whether behavioral symptoms in patients with bulimia nervosa are associated with a decreased ratio of tryptophan to other neutral amino acids in blood as an index of central serotonergic neuron activity.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
• Type: General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
• Project #: 2M01RR001032-20
• Application #: 3743811
• Support Year: 20
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• DUNS #: 076593722
• City: Boston
• State: MA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 02215

Publications

Nowak, Kristen L; You, Zhiying; Gitomer, Berenice et al. (2018) Overweight and Obesity Are Predictors of Progression in Early Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 29:571-578

Chung, Chen-Chih; Pimentel Maldonado, Daniela A; Jor'dan, Azizah J et al. (2018) Lower cerebral vasoreactivity as a predictor of gait speed decline in type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Neurol 265:2267-2276

Kline, Emily R; Seidman, Larry J; Cornblatt, Barbara A et al. (2018) Depression and clinical high-risk states: Baseline presentation of depressed vs. non-depressed participants in the NAPLS-2 cohort. Schizophr Res 192:357-363

Simpson, Norah S; Scott-Sutherland, Jennifer; Gautam, Shiva et al. (2018) Chronic exposure to insufficient sleep alters processes of pain habituation and sensitization. Pain 159:33-40

Dai, Weiying; Duan, Wenna; Alfaro, Freddy J et al. (2017) The resting perfusion pattern associates with functional decline in type 2 diabetes. Neurobiol Aging 60:192-202

Brosnahan, Godela M; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Rahbari-Oskoui, Frederic F et al. (2017) Effect of Statin Therapy on the Progression of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. A Secondary Analysis of the HALT PKD Trials. Curr Hypertens Rev 13:109-120

Torres, Vicente E; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Schrier, Robert W et al. (2017) Dietary salt restriction is beneficial to the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Kidney Int 91:493-500

Irazabal, María V; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Bae, Kyongtae Ty et al. (2017) Prognostic enrichment design in clinical trials for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: the HALT-PKD clinical trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant 32:1857-1865

Seidman, Larry J; Shapiro, Daniel I; Stone, William S et al. (2016) Association of Neurocognition With Transition to Psychosis: Baseline Functioning in the Second Phase of the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study. JAMA Psychiatry 73:1239-1248

Thermenos, Heidi W; Juelich, Richard J; DiChiara, Samantha R et al. (2016) Hyperactivity of caudate, parahippocampal, and prefrontal regions during working memory in never-medicated persons at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Schizophr Res 173:1-12