SynthesisEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2022
A meta-analytic investigation of grey matter differences in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder.
Synthesis in European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07098156 (Neuroanatomical Differences Associated With Anorexia Nervosa and Masking Behaviour in Autistic Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Neuroanatomical Differences Associated With Anorexia Nervosa and Masking Behaviour in Autistic Individuals
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- A meta-analytic investigation of grey matter differences in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Pooled it
- Ethical Complexities and Concerns Surrounding Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Open-Access Scientific Framework in Autism Research.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Neural correlates of children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder symptoms: large-scale neuroanatomical analysis of a paediatric population.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- Weight restoration in patients with anorexia nervosa after stereotactic surgery and brain morphometric insights.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Neuroanatomical associations with autistic characteristics in those with acute anorexia nervosa and weight-restored individuals.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Recent research reports Anorexia Nervosa (AN) to be highly dependent upon neurobiological function. Some behaviours, particularly concerning food selectivity are found in populations with both Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and AN, and there is a proportionally elevated number of anorexic patients exhibiting symptoms of ASD. We performed a systematic review of structural MRI literature with the aim of identifying common structural neural correlates common to both AN and ASD. Across 46 ASD publications, a meta-analysis of volumetric differences between ASD and healthy controls revealed no consistently affected brain regions. Meta-analysis of 23 AN publications revealed increased volume within the orbitofrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe, and adult-only AN literature revealed differences within the genu of the anterior cingulate cortex. The changes are consistent with alterations in flexible reward-related learning and episodic memory reported in neuropsychological studies. There was no structural overlap between ASD and AN. Findings suggest no consistent neuroanatomical abnormality associated with ASD, and evidence is lacking to suggest that reported behavioural similarities between those with AN and ASD are due to neuroanatomical structural similarities.
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