Abstract
Research applying electroencephalography (EEG) to Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is still limited, even though in other psychiatric disorders EEG has permitted to find out the hallmarks of the disorder. The aim of the study was to explore whether EEG basal activity and reactivity to musical stimulation differ in participants with AN as compared to healthy subjects (HS). Twenty female participants (respectively 10 with AN and 10 healthy controls) were administered a battery of psychometric tests and underwent EEG under three different conditions: (1) at baseline; (2) after a generic music stimulation; and (3) after a favorite musical stimulation. In participants with AN, basal EEG showed the higher absolute amplitude of cortical slow waves (theta) in the parieto-occipital and temporal derivations, with a deficit in the beta band. In AN, there was a higher N100 latency and a reduced P300 latency compared to HS. While the N100 and P300 latencies were sensitive to the musical stimulus in HS, there was no difference after music stimulation in AN. These data suggest that AN is accompanied by a state of brain hyperarousal with abnormal reactivity to environmental stimuli, similar to the state of HS after musical stimulation. If confirmed, this finding may have treatment implications. III, Evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case-control analytic studies.
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