Orbito-frontal cortex and thalamus volumes in obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after pharmacotherapy

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 669-674

  Atmaca, Murad ^a,c   Mermi, Osman ^a   Yildirim, Hanefi ^a   Gurok, M Gurkan ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Elaz Mental Health Hospital   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

OCD; OFC; Pharmacotherapy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORGAN SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940099547     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9426-0     Document Type: Article

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