Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): A review

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-35

  Koch, Kathrin ^a,c   Reeß, Tim J ^a,d   Rus, O Georgiana ^a,d   Zimmer, Claus ^a   Zaudig, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Psychosomatic Hospital   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; DTI; FA; Internal capsule; Obsessive compulsive; OCD; Review; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84899936664     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.03.006     Document Type: Review

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