According to a recent suggestion (Nunn K et al., 2011) sustaining a dysfunction of insula cortex as a crucial risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa, in the follow manuscript we propose an hypothesis predicting abnormal somatosensory intra-oral (tongue) patterns in AN given taste perception is peripherally mediated by tongue receptors through a neural system which in humans comprises the anterior insula.
Somatosensory intra-oral activity reveals functional abnormalities in the insula of anorexia nervosa suffers / Vicario, CARMELO MARIO; Candidi, Matteo. - In: MEDICAL HYPOTHESES. - ISSN 0306-9877. - ELETTRONICO. - 77:4(2011), pp. 698-699. [10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.059]
Somatosensory intra-oral activity reveals functional abnormalities in the insula of anorexia nervosa suffers
VICARIO, CARMELO MARIO;CANDIDI, MATTEO
2011
Abstract
According to a recent suggestion (Nunn K et al., 2011) sustaining a dysfunction of insula cortex as a crucial risk factor for the development of anorexia nervosa, in the follow manuscript we propose an hypothesis predicting abnormal somatosensory intra-oral (tongue) patterns in AN given taste perception is peripherally mediated by tongue receptors through a neural system which in humans comprises the anterior insula.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
