Patients with anorexia have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity in the brain. Same researchers have previously shown that in obese patients the activity of this system is lowered. It is likely that these neurotransmitters regulate both the loss and increase in appetite.
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Patients with anorexia have elevated opioid neurotransmitter activity in the brain
A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.