The primary aim of this study is to study how Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) tailored to specific anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN) brain activation alterations will promote recovery and to study how inhibitory tDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) will reduce symptoms of body image distortion in a second sample of AN and BN groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1
TMS
tDCS
University of Colorado Denver and Health Science Center
Aurora, Colorado, United States
taste reward brain function activation confirmed by Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Change in brain activation to taste reward paradigm
Time frame: 3 years
Change in self-reported measures related to eating disorder thoughts and behaviors
Self Assessment
Time frame: 3 years
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