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melatonin and Anorexia Nervosa

melatonin has been researched along with Anorexia Nervosa in 21 studies

Anorexia Nervosa: An eating disorder that is characterized by the lack or loss of APPETITE, known as ANOREXIA. Other features include excess fear of becoming OVERWEIGHT; BODY IMAGE disturbance; significant WEIGHT LOSS; refusal to maintain minimal normal weight; and AMENORRHEA. This disorder occurs most frequently in adolescent females. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

Research Excerpts

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"It has been suggested that disturbances in melatonin (MEL) secretion might play a role in osteoporosis development in females with anorexia nervosa (AN)."7.79Assessment of the relationship between melatonin, hormones of the pituitary-ovarian, -thyroid and -adrenocortical axes, and osteoprotegerin and its ligand sRANKL in girls with anorexia nervosa. ( Ostrowska, Z; Oświęcimska, J; Szapska, B; Wołkowska-Pokrywa, K; Ziora, K, 2013)
"The objective of this study was to test the effect of melatonin on thermal pain threshold in female patients with eating disorders."7.71Pain modulation role of melatonin in eating disorders. ( Nedvídková, J; Papezová, H; Yamamotová, A, 2001)
"The authors hypothesize that the impairment of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in patients suffering from anorexia nervosa depends (at least in part) on the increased sensitivity to endogenous melatonin."7.70Does the impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in anorexia nervosa depend on increased sensitivity to endogenous melatonin? ( Pawlikowski, M; Zarzycki, J, 1999)
"Day and night rhythms of melatonin and serotonin were measured in four female anorexia nervosa patients and for comparison in a control group with normal 28-day menstrual cycle."7.69[Circadian blood serotonin and melatonin level in anorexia nervosa patients in comparison with normally menstruating women]. ( Hoffmann, G; Nowara, D; Pollow, B; Pollow, K; Schaffrath, M, 1996)
"To discern whether the multiple neuroendocrine-metabolic dysfunctions observed in women with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are associated with altered diurnal variations in serum melatonin profiles, we compared cycling and amenorrheic women with normal weight BN (n = 8) and AN (n = 7) to 21 normal cycling controls."7.68Melatonin rhythms in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. ( Laughlin, GA; Mortola, JF; Yen, SS, 1993)
"Sequential measures of daytime and nighttime sulphatoxy-melatonin (aMT6s) in 10 female patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and 12 female patients with concurrent AN with bulimic symptoms (AN + BN) were compared with 13 female control subjects."7.68The acute effects of starvation on 6-sulphatoxy-melatonin output in subgroups of patients with anorexia nervosa. ( Brown, GM; Ford, CG; Kennedy, SH; Ralevski, E, 1993)
"Plasma melatonin levels were measured at three-hourly intervals over 24 hours in 11 women with untreated anorexia nervosa, and in nine healthy women of normal weight."7.68Plasma melatonin levels in anorexia nervosa. ( Arendt, J; Bhanji, S; Franey, C; Mattingly, D, 1992)
"Urinary excretion of the principal melatonin metabolite, sulphatoxy melatonin (aMT6s), was assessed both during the day and during the night in 38 female eating disorder patients (anorexia nervosa, n = 17; bulimia nervosa, n = 12; anorexia nervosa + bulimia nervosa, n = 9) and 14 female control subjects."7.68Sulphatoxy melatonin: an index of depression in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. ( Brown, GM; Garfinkel, PE; Kennedy, SH; McVey, G; Parienti, V, 1990)
"Plasma melatonin circadian profiles were investigated in a group of 4 patients with anorexia nervosa and 4 healthy regularly cycling women."7.67Enhanced circadian rhythm of melatonin in anorexia nervosa. ( de Leiva, A; Oriola, J; Peinado, MA; Puig-Domingo, M; Tortosa, F; Webb, SM, 1989)
"To clarify a controversy as to whether melatonin secretion is related to body weight, urinary sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) excretion was estimated in 10 patients with anorexia nervosa before and after weight gain, and compared with 10 age-matched controls."7.67A study of sulphatoxymelatonin excretion and gonadotrophin status during weight gain in anorexia nervosa. ( Arendt, J; Bearn, J; Checkley, SA; Franey, C; Murphy, M; Treasure, J; Wheeler, M, 1988)
"The mean 24-hour secretion and circadian rhythm of melatonin were studied in 12 female subjects with anorexia nervosa (AN), 13 massively obese (OB) women, and 9 normal weight healthy volunteers to investigate the relationship between type of feeding behavior and hormonal secretory pattern."7.67Melatonin circadian rhythm in anorexia nervosa and obesity. ( Bossolo, PA; Brambilla, F; Esposti, G; Ferrari, E; Fraschini, F; Marelli, G, 1988)
"The objective of this study was to test the effect of melatonin on thermal pain threshold in female patients with eating disorders."3.71Pain modulation role of melatonin in eating disorders. ( Nedvídková, J; Papezová, H; Yamamotová, A, 2001)
" We measured the circadian rhythms of plasma melatonin, serum cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) in 26 patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), 27 with primary obesity (OB) and 7 with bulimia nervosa (BN)."3.69Circadian neuroendocrine functions in disorders of eating behavior. ( Ferrari, E; Fioravanti, M; Magri, F; Pontiggia, B; Rondanelli, M; Severgnini, S; Solerte, SB, 1997)
"To discern whether the multiple neuroendocrine-metabolic dysfunctions observed in women with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are associated with altered diurnal variations in serum melatonin profiles, we compared cycling and amenorrheic women with normal weight BN (n = 8) and AN (n = 7) to 21 normal cycling controls."3.68Melatonin rhythms in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. ( Laughlin, GA; Mortola, JF; Yen, SS, 1993)
"Sequential measures of daytime and nighttime sulphatoxy-melatonin (aMT6s) in 10 female patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and 12 female patients with concurrent AN with bulimic symptoms (AN + BN) were compared with 13 female control subjects."3.68The acute effects of starvation on 6-sulphatoxy-melatonin output in subgroups of patients with anorexia nervosa. ( Brown, GM; Ford, CG; Kennedy, SH; Ralevski, E, 1993)
"Plasma melatonin levels were measured at three-hourly intervals over 24 hours in 11 women with untreated anorexia nervosa, and in nine healthy women of normal weight."3.68Plasma melatonin levels in anorexia nervosa. ( Arendt, J; Bhanji, S; Franey, C; Mattingly, D, 1992)
"The circadian rhythm of several plasma hormones (prolactin, growth hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol, and melatonin) was simultaneously evaluated in 23 women with anorexia nervosa (AN), in 27 obese (OB) women, and in gender and age-matched healthy controls."3.68Hormonal circadian rhythms in eating disorders. ( Brambilla, F; Ferrari, E; Fraschini, F, 1990)
"Urinary excretion of the principal melatonin metabolite, sulphatoxy melatonin (aMT6s), was assessed both during the day and during the night in 38 female eating disorder patients (anorexia nervosa, n = 17; bulimia nervosa, n = 12; anorexia nervosa + bulimia nervosa, n = 9) and 14 female control subjects."3.68Sulphatoxy melatonin: an index of depression in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. ( Brown, GM; Garfinkel, PE; Kennedy, SH; McVey, G; Parienti, V, 1990)
"In order to study the possible relationships between melatonin secretion and pituitary-gonadal function, the circadian rhythm of plasma melatonin, the basal levels of estradiol-17beta and testosterone and the luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) response to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) stimulation were evaluated in normally cycling healthy women and in two groups of women with menstrual dysfunctions related to eating disorders (19 patients with anorexia nervosa and 16 with primary obesity)."3.67Melatonin and pituitary-gonadal function in disorders of eating behavior. ( Bossolo, PA; Brambilla, F; Comis, S; Esposti, G; Ferrari, E; Foppa, S; Fraschini, F; Licini, V, 1989)
"Disturbances were studied in the nocturnal circadian pattern of serum melatonin and plasma cortisol levels in 33 female patients with an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, n = 11; bulimia nervosa, n = 12; or both, n = 10) and in ten female control subjects of comparable age."3.67Changes in melatonin levels but not cortisol levels are associated with depression in patients with eating disorders. ( Brown, GM; Costa, D; Garfinkel, PE; Kennedy, SH; Parienti, V, 1989)
"To clarify a controversy as to whether melatonin secretion is related to body weight, urinary sulphatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) excretion was estimated in 10 patients with anorexia nervosa before and after weight gain, and compared with 10 age-matched controls."3.67A study of sulphatoxymelatonin excretion and gonadotrophin status during weight gain in anorexia nervosa. ( Arendt, J; Bearn, J; Checkley, SA; Franey, C; Murphy, M; Treasure, J; Wheeler, M, 1988)
"The mean 24-hour secretion and circadian rhythm of melatonin were studied in 12 female subjects with anorexia nervosa (AN), 13 massively obese (OB) women, and 9 normal weight healthy volunteers to investigate the relationship between type of feeding behavior and hormonal secretory pattern."3.67Melatonin circadian rhythm in anorexia nervosa and obesity. ( Bossolo, PA; Brambilla, F; Esposti, G; Ferrari, E; Fraschini, F; Marelli, G, 1988)

Research

Studies (21)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19906 (28.57)18.7374
1990's12 (57.14)18.2507
2000's1 (4.76)29.6817
2010's2 (9.52)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Ostrowska, Z1
Ziora, K1
Oświęcimska, J1
Wołkowska-Pokrywa, K1
Szapska, B1
Scolnick, B1
Mostofsky, DI1
Ferrari, E4
Magri, F1
Pontiggia, B1
Rondanelli, M1
Fioravanti, M1
Solerte, SB1
Severgnini, S1
Finocchiaro, LM1
Polack, E1
Nahmod, VE1
Glikin, GC1
Kennedy, SH5
Mortola, JF1
Laughlin, GA1
Yen, SS1
Brown, GM5
Ford, CG1
Ralevski, E1
Hoffmann, G1
Pollow, K1
Nowara, D1
Pollow, B1
Schaffrath, M1
Pawlikowski, M1
Zarzycki, J1
Papezová, H1
Yamamotová, A1
Nedvídková, J1
Arendt, J2
Bhanji, S1
Franey, C2
Mattingly, D1
McVey, G2
Garfinkel, PE3
Fraschini, F3
Brambilla, F3
Parienti, V2
Foppa, S1
Bossolo, PA2
Comis, S1
Esposti, G2
Licini, V1
Tortosa, F1
Puig-Domingo, M1
Peinado, MA1
Oriola, J1
Webb, SM1
de Leiva, A1
Costa, D1
Bearn, J1
Treasure, J1
Murphy, M1
Wheeler, M1
Checkley, SA1
Evans, C1
Marelli, G1

Reviews

2 reviews available for melatonin and Anorexia Nervosa

ArticleYear
Melatonin disturbances in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
    The International journal of eating disorders, 1994, Volume: 16, Issue:3

    Topics: Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Circadian Rhythm; Depressive Disorder; Energy Intake; Female; Humans; Hyp

1994
Day-night rhythm disturbance, pineal function and human disease.
    Hormone research, 1992, Volume: 37 Suppl 3

    Topics: Animals; Anorexia Nervosa; Circadian Rhythm; Depression; Humans; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Pineal Glan

1992

Other Studies

19 other studies available for melatonin and Anorexia Nervosa

ArticleYear
Assessment of the relationship between melatonin, hormones of the pituitary-ovarian, -thyroid and -adrenocortical axes, and osteoprotegerin and its ligand sRANKL in girls with anorexia nervosa.
    Postepy higieny i medycyny doswiadczalnej (Online), 2013, May-20, Volume: 67

    Topics: Adolescent; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Mass Index; Bone and Bones; Bone Remodeling; Child; Enzyme-Linked

2013
Anorexia nervosa: a rogue hibernation?
    Medical hypotheses, 2014, Volume: 82, Issue:2

    Topics: Adaptation, Physiological; Anorexia Nervosa; Biofeedback, Psychology; Circadian Rhythm; Climate; Die

2014
Circadian neuroendocrine functions in disorders of eating behavior.
    Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 1997, Volume: 2, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Chronobiology Disorders; Energy Intake; Female; Growth Hormone; Humans; Hyd

1997
Cultured peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes from anorexia nervosa patients are refractory to visible light.
    Life sciences, 1995, Volume: 57, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Cells, Cultured; DNA; Female; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid;

1995
Melatonin rhythms in women with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
    The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 1993, Volume: 77, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Humans; Melatonin; Menstrual Cycle

1993
The acute effects of starvation on 6-sulphatoxy-melatonin output in subgroups of patients with anorexia nervosa.
    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 1993, Volume: 18, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aging; Anorexia Nervosa; Circadian Rhythm; Depression; Female; Humans; Melatonin;

1993
[Circadian blood serotonin and melatonin level in anorexia nervosa patients in comparison with normally menstruating women].
    Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 1996, Volume: 56, Issue:9

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; Human

1996
Does the impairment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in anorexia nervosa depend on increased sensitivity to endogenous melatonin?
    Medical hypotheses, 1999, Volume: 52, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Animals; Anorexia Nervosa; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Food

1999
Pain modulation role of melatonin in eating disorders.
    European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 2001, Volume: 16, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Hospitalization; Humans

2001
Plasma melatonin levels in anorexia nervosa.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1992, Volume: 161

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Weight; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Me

1992
Pineal and adrenal function before and after refeeding in anorexia nervosa.
    Biological psychiatry, 1991, Aug-01, Volume: 30, Issue:3

    Topics: Adrenal Glands; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Weight; Depressive Disorder; Female; Humans; Hydrocort

1991
Hormonal circadian rhythms in eating disorders.
    Biological psychiatry, 1990, May-01, Volume: 27, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Temperature Regulation; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Growth Hormone; Horm

1990
Sulphatoxy melatonin: an index of depression in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
    Psychiatry research, 1990, Volume: 32, Issue:3

    Topics: Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia; Circadian Rhythm; Depressive Disorder; Female; Humans; Melatonin; Psychia

1990
Melatonin and pituitary-gonadal function in disorders of eating behavior.
    Journal of pineal research, 1989, Volume: 7, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Temperature; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Gonadotropin-Releas

1989
Enhanced circadian rhythm of melatonin in anorexia nervosa.
    Acta endocrinologica, 1989, Volume: 120, Issue:5

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Follicular Phase; Humans; Melatonin;

1989
Changes in melatonin levels but not cortisol levels are associated with depression in patients with eating disorders.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1989, Volume: 46, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Weight; Bulimia; Circadian Rhythm; Depressive Disorder; Fe

1989
A study of sulphatoxymelatonin excretion and gonadotrophin status during weight gain in anorexia nervosa.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1988, Volume: 152

    Topics: Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Weight; Estradiol; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Humans; Lutei

1988
Melatonin secretion and anorexia nervosa--a serious type II error.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1988, Volume: 153

    Topics: Anorexia Nervosa; Body Weight; Humans; Melatonin

1988
Melatonin circadian rhythm in anorexia nervosa and obesity.
    Psychiatry research, 1988, Volume: 23, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Anorexia Nervosa; Body Weight; Circadian Rhythm; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans

1988