Ghrelin as a possible biomarker and maintaining factor in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood traumatic experiences.

Eleonora Rossi Emanuele CassioliVeronica GironiEglantina IdrizajRachele GarellaRoberta SqueccoMaria Caterina BaccariMario MaggiLinda VignozziPaolo ComeglioValdo Ricca Giovanni Castellini

Published in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2021)

These results support the hypothesis that chronic alterations in ghrelin levels following childhood traumatic experiences could represent a neurobiological maintaining factor of pathological overeating behaviors in EDs.

Keyphrases

spinal cord injury
mental health
early life
childhood cancer
adverse drug
young adults
drug induced