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Understanding anorexia in the elderly: formulating biopsychological research strategies
1Psychology Department, University of Leeds, UK.
Neurobiology of Aging
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Anorexia in the elderly may arise from a disregulated system rather than from the operation of an isolated pathological mechanism. The properties of a disregulated system can be diagnosed through a functional analysis. Anorexia could arise through a weak read-out of metabolic signals of need rather than from hyperactive satiety agents. Serotonin systems may integrate regulatory actions.