Widespread structural brain changes in OCD: A systematic review of voxel-based morphometry studies

Cortex

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-108

  Piras, Federica ^a   Piras, Fabrizio ^a   Chiapponi, Chiara ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry; Neural networks; Neurobiology; Obsessive compulsive disorder pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; CUNEUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; NEUROIMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALAMUS; UNCUS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84919882164     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.01.016     Document Type: Review

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