The purpose of this study is to investigate areas of the brain responsible for 'liking', 'wanting', and learning in adults with eating disorders using brain imaging techniques, computer tasks, a test meal, and self-report questionnaires and interviews. The investigators will study changes in brain activity using a procedure called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This study will include 252 women with an eating disorder (63 AN-restricting type (AN-R), 63 AN-binge eating/purging type (AN-BP), 63 bulimia nervosa (BN)) and 63 healthy controls (HC) aged 18-39. Aim 1: To examine neural differences in 'liking' and 'wanting' in ED relative to HC. Aim 2: To examine differences in instrumental learning for reward and punishment in ED relative to HC. Aim 3: To examine how 'liking' and 'wanting' drive instrumental learning in ED and predict clinical symptoms at baseline and 1 year later. Exploratory Aim: To explore the associations of dopamine function, as measured by neuromelanin MRI (NM-MRI), with ED diagnosis and brain response to 'liking', 'wanting', and learning.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
252
UCSD Eating Disorders Treatment and Research Program
La Jolla, California, United States
RECRUITINGBOLD response
Brain activity associated with 'liking', 'wanting', and learning
Time frame: 1 Year
Reward and Punishment Learning
Task reinforcement learning rate in reward and punishment trials
Time frame: 1 Year
Connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM)
Functional connectivity maps from task-based fMRI data and clinical data
Time frame: 1 Year
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