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Liz is a high school tennis player. She started to lose weight rapidly during the season. She couldn't control her emotions and acted out on them, never holding back. It appears Liz could have a classic case of anorexia. Which part of the brain are new studies focusing on in understanding the role of the brain in this eating disorder

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The Limbic System- Hypothalamus

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Studies based on magnetic resonance imaging have shown that in addition to structural changes related to visual perception, anorexic brains deal differently with regions involved with sensations, such as the pleasure of eating something delicious. Some research has already shown that brain circuit activity that regulates reward and emotion (ventral or limbic circuit) is unbalanced in anorexia, so this part of the brain has been responsible for stimulating further studies focused on understanding the role of the brain in this eating disorder.

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