Overactive performance monitoring in obsessive–compulsive disorder is independent of symptom expression

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 264, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 707-717

  Riesel, Anja ^a   Kathmann, Norbert ^a   Endrass, Tanja ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; ERN; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Performance monitoring; Symptom dimensions; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DELTA RHYTHM; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; DELTA RHYTHM; ENDOPHENOTYPES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84896590267     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-014-0499-3     Document Type: Article

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