Anorexic humans and rats.

Based on an article by S. Schachter (see record 1971-24450-001) that draws parallel findings for obese humans and rats, a case is made for the parallel features of humans with anorexia nervosa and rats made aphagic through destruction of the lateral hypothalamus (LTH). The etiology of anorexia nervosa may in part be a function of pathology, either functional or structural, in the LTH. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)