Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 114-118 , 30 August 2010

Effects of body image therapy on the activation of the extrastriate body area in anorexia nervosa: An fMRI study

  • Silja Vocks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. Tel.: +49 234 3223106; fax: +49 234 3214304.
    • ,
  • Martin Busch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Witten-Herdecke, Witten, Germany
    • ,
  • Dietmar Schulte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Dietrich Grönermeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Witten-Herdecke, Witten, Germany
    • ,
  • Stephan Herpertz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Boris Suchan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neuropsychology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany

Received 2 July 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2010 ,Accepted 23 May 2010.

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PII: S0925-4927(10)00190-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.011

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 114-118 , 30 August 2010

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