Reduced Caudate Nucleus Volume in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 393-398

  Robinson, Delbert ^a,b   Wu, Houwei ^a   Munne, Rafael A ^a   Ashtari, Manzar ^c   Alvir, Jose Ma J ^a,b   Lerner, Gail ^d   Koreen, Amy ^a,b   Cole, Karyl ^a,b   Bogerts, Bernhard ^e  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROANATOMY; OBSESSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029004098     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950170067009     Document Type: Article

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