Comprehensive evaluation of cortical structure abnormalities in drug-naïve, adult patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A surface-based morphometry study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1161-1168

  Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan ^a   Zutshi, Amit ^a   Jindal, Sachin ^a   Srikanth, Subbamma G ^a   Kovoor, Jerry M E ^a   Kumar, J Keshav ^a   Janardhan Reddy, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cingulate gyrus; Cortical thickness; Gyrification; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL STRUCTURE ABNORMALITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ONSET AGE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SYMPTOM;

EID: 84864385815     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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