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ArticleBrain sciences2023

Neurocognitive Endophenotypes for Eating Disorders: A Preliminary High-Risk Family Study.

Edoardo Pappaianni, Manuela Barona, Gaelle E Doucet, Christopher Clark, Sophia Frangou, Nadia Micali

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review to Explore a Neuropsychological Profile that Predates Anorexia Nervosa.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025
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  6. Neurobiology and Cognition in Girls at High-Risk of Eating Disorders: Exploring Imaging-Derived Trait Markers.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025
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  7. Neuropsychological profile in young girls at high risk of developing anorexia nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Edoardo PappaianniMental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Eating Disorders Research Unit, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark.
Manuela BaronaGreat Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Gaelle E DoucetInstitute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE 68010, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4120-0474
Christopher ClarkGreat Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
Sophia FrangouDepartment of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Nadia MicaliMental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Eating Disorders Research Unit, Psychiatric Center Ballerup, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5571-2273
Mental Health Services · DKUniversity College London · GBBoys Town · USUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Brain and Behavior Research Foundation xxxRosetrees Trust xxx
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric disorders with a neurobiological basis. ED-specific neuropsychological and brain characteristics have been identified, but often in individuals in the acute phase or recovered from EDs, precluding an understanding of whether they are correlates and scars of EDs vs. predisposing factors. Although familial high-risk (FHR) studies are available across other disorders, this study design has not been used in EDs. We carried out the first FMH study in EDs, investigating healthy offspring of women with EDs and controls. We preliminarily aimed to investigate ED-related neurocognitive and brain markers that could point to predisposing factors for ED. Sixteen girls at FHR for EDs and twenty control girls (age range: 8−15), completed neuropsychological tests assessing executive functions. Girls also underwent a resting-state fMRI scan to quantify functional connectivity (FC) within resting-state networks. Girls at FHR for EDs performed worse on a cognitive flexibility task compared with controls (F = 5.53, p = 0.02). Moreover, they showed different FC compared with controls in several resting-state networks (p < 0.05 FDR-corrected). Differences identified in cognitive flexibility and in FC are in line with those identified in individuals with EDs, strongly pointing to a role as potential endophenotypes of EDs.

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eating disordersendophenotypesexecutive functionfamilial high-riskhigh-risk studiesresting-state fMRI

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PMID36672080
PMCPMC9856317
OpenAlexW4313494618

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