Increases in functional connectivity between the default mode network and sensorimotor network correlate with symptomatic improvement after transcranial direct current stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder
Echevarria M, Batistuzzo M, Silva R, Brunoni A, Sato J, Miguel E, Hoexter M, Shavitt R. Increases in functional connectivity between the default mode network and sensorimotor network correlate with symptomatic improvement after transcranial direct current stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 355: 175-183. PMID: 38548207, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscranial direct current stimulationObsessive-compulsive disorderDirect current stimulationCurrent stimulationActive transcranial direct current stimulationSensorimotor networkOCD symptom dimensionsTreatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorderNeurobiological mechanisms of actionObsessive-compulsive disorder pathophysiologyWhole-brain connectivity analysisDaily tDCS sessionsSymptom improvementResting-state functional MRITDCS sessionsNon-invasive neuromodulation interventionsBrain stimulation interventionsFunctional connectivity changesAssociated with connectivityLeft deltoidSymptom dimensionsNeurobiological mechanismsLeft precuneusMode networkPre/postcentral gyri