Self-regulation of anterior insula with real-time fMRI and its behavioral effects in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A feasibility study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Buyukturkoglu, Korhan ^a,b   Roettgers, Hans ^c   Sommer, Jens ^c   Rana, Mohit ^a,b,e   Dietzsch, Leonie ^c   Arikan, Ezgi Belkis ^c   Veit, Ralf ^b   Malekshahi, Rahim ^a,b   Kircher, Tilo ^c   Birbaumer, Niels ^b,d   Sitaram, Ranganatha ^b,e   Ruiz, Sergio ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DISGUST; DOWN REGULATION; ECOLOGICAL DISGUST TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PILOT STUDY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELF CONTROL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTION; FEAR; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VISION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RADIOGRAPHY; SELF-CONTROL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84942932435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135872     Document Type: Article

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