ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021
Differential longitudinal changes of neuronal and glial damage markers in anorexia nervosa after partial weight restoration.
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- Brain Structure in Acutely Underweight and Partially Weight-Restored Individuals With Anorexia Nervosa: A Coordinated Analysis by the ENIGMA Eating Disorders Working Group.Biological psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
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- Exploring serum biomarkers in paediatric psychiatry: the impact of NfL and GFAP.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Dynamic white matter microstructure in anorexia nervosa: associations with neurofilament light and leptin across early weight restoration.Research square · 2026Article
- Elevated neurofilament light levels in acute anorexia nervosa are associated with alterations in white matter volume and connectivity networks.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- A person-centred and data-driven approach to phenotyping anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Eating and Mental Health Disorders.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Mapping the path to recovery: the intersection of cortical thickness reductions and serotonin transporter expression in anorexia nervosa.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- The Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Probiotics on Hippocampal Inflammation and Glial Cells in a Chronic Anorexia Nervosa Rat Model.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- The Possible Role of Neurofilament Light Chain as a Serum Biomarker in Anorexia Nervosa: Clinical Implications.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Does restrictive anorexia nervosa impact brain aging? A machine learning approach to estimate age based on brain structure.Computers in biology and medicine · 2025Article
- Increased Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Concentration Associated With Microglial Morphology Changes in Chronically-Starved Mice.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Effect of serum concentrations of IL-6 and TNF-α on brain structure in anorexia nervosa: a combined cross-sectional and longitudinal study.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Introducing neurofilament light chain measure in psychiatry: current evidence, opportunities, and pitfalls.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Review
- Differential longitudinal changes of hippocampal subfields in patients with anorexia nervosa.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2024Article
- Serum neurofilament light concentrations are associated with cortical thinning in anorexia nervosa.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Differential alterations of amygdala nuclei volumes in acutely ill patients with anorexia nervosa and their associations with leptin levels.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Triangulating brain alterations in anorexia nervosa: a multimodal investigation of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, morphometry and blood-based biomarkers.Translational psychiatry · 2023Article
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- The association of body mass index and body composition with plasma amyloid beta levels.Brain communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
Atrophic brain changes in acute anorexia nervosa (AN) are often visible to the naked eye on computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans, but it remains unclear what is driving these effects. In neurological diseases, neurofilament light (NF-L) and tau protein have been linked to axonal damage. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) has been associated with astroglial injury. In an attempt to shed new light on factors potentially underlying past findings of structural brain alterations in AN, the current study investigated serum NF-L, tau protein, and GFAP levels longitudinally in AN patients undergoing weight restoration. Blood samples were obtained from 54 acutely underweight, predominantly adolescent female AN patients and 54 age-matched healthy control participants. AN patients were studied in the severely underweight state and again after short-term partial weight restoration. Group comparisons revealed higher levels of NF-L, tau protein, and GFAP in acutely underweight patients with AN compared to healthy control participants. Longitudinally, a decrease in NF-L and GFAP but not in tau protein levels was observed in AN patients upon short-term partial weight restoration. These results may be indicative of ongoing neuronal and astroglial injury during the underweight phase of AN. Normalization of NF-L and GFAP but not tau protein levels may indicate an only partial restoration of neuronal and astroglial integrity upon weight gain after initial AN-associated cell damage processes.
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