Table 1.

Effects of CBT on HVA, MHPG and [3H] paroxetine-binding values in AN and BN patients

	AN-R	AN-BP	BN
HVA (ng/ml)
basal	17.4 ± 9.0	16.6 ± 8.8	15.6 ± 10.2
after therapy	15.6 ± 9.8	12.7 ± 6.0	14.1 ± 9.6
MHPG (ng/ml)
basal	10.4 ± 27.1	5.3 ± 4.0	4.4 ± 1.9
after therapy	4.4 ± 4.2	4.1 ± 3.8	3.4 ± 1.7
[3H]-PAR-Bmax (fmol/
mg protein) basal	446 ± 100	512 ± 175	432 ± 133
after therapy	602 ± 161	551 ± 306	645 ± 121*
[3H]-PAR-Kd (nmol/L)
basal	0.34 ± 0.48	0.31 ± 0.43	0.26 ± 0.34
after therapy	0.24 ± 0.38	0.64 ± 0.14	0.05 ± o.004

Plus-minus values are the means ± SD.

*p = 0.04, r = 1.