An fMRI study in monozygotic twins discordant for obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Biological Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-102

  den Braber, Anouk ^a   Ent, Dennis van 't ^a   Blokland, Gabriëlla A M ^a   van Grootheest, Daniël S ^a,b,c   Cath, Danielle C ^b,c   Veltman, Dick J ^b   de Ruiter, Michiel B ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Buitenamstel de Geestgronden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discordant; Environmental risk; fMRI; Monozygotic; OCD; OCS; Tower of London; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROBIOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 47949117665     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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