Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Opioid system activity was found disturbed in several reward circuit areas in restrictive anorexia nervosa (AN) patients but also surprisingly at the pituitary level. However, the potential role of this specific abnormality of pituitary in AN physiopathology remains unclear or unknown.Objectives: The first aim was to find the exact pituitary location (posterior and/or anterior) of this disturbed opioid activity and then to study the link be...