Associations between neuropsychological performance and appetite-regulating hormones in anorexia nervosa and healthy controls: Ghrelin's putative role as a mediator of decision-making.
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| Abstract |    :  
                  Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe eating disorder accompanied by alterations in endocrinological circuits and deficits in neuropsychological performance. In this study, a series of appetite-regulating hormones (ghrelin, leptin, cholecystokinin, PYY, adiponectin, and visfatin) were measured under fasting conditions in female patients with AN and female healthy controls. All of the participants also underwent a battery of neuropsychological assessment [namely the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), and the Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT)]. As the main finding, we found that higher ghrelin levels predict better performance in the IGT. Ghrelin may be a putative mediator of decision-making, a finding that has not been described so far. The role of ghrelin in decision-making can only be described as speculative, as there are hardly any additional evidence-based data published up to date. Further studies are warranted.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2019 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Molecular and cellular endocrinology 
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| Volume |    :  
                  497 
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| Number of Pages |    :  
                  110441 
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| Date Published |    :  
                  2019 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  0303-7207 
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| URL |    :  
                  https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0303-7207(19)30135-2 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.1016/j.mce.2019.04.021 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  Mol Cell Endocrinol 
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