Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 183-192 , 30 March 2010

Brain activation during the perception of distorted body images in eating disorders

  • Yoshie Miyake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Yasumasa Okamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
    • ,
  • Keiichi Onoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Mitsuhaya Kurosaki

      Affiliations

    • Hiroshima University Health Service Center, Hiroshima, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoko Shirao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuri Okamoto

      Affiliations

    • Hiroshima University Health Service Center, Hiroshima, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeto Yamawaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan. Tel.: +81 82 257 5205; fax: +81 82 257 5209.

Received 14 October 2008 ,Revised 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 1 September 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00198-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.09.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 183-192 , 30 March 2010

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