Neuropsychological Outcome of Ventral CapsularVentral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study
Taub A, Lopes A, Fuentes D, D'Alcante C, de Mathis M, Canteras M, Siviero M, Greenberg B, Norén G, Batistuzzo M, Hoexter M, Cecílio S, Savage C, Rasmussen S, Miguel E. Neuropsychological Outcome of Ventral CapsularVentral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study. Journal Of Neuropsychiatry 2009, 21: 393-397. PMID: 19996247, DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive patientsProfound cognitive deficitsAbstract reasoningNeuropsychological batteryRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderCognitive deficitsNeuropsychological outcomesGamma knife capsulotomyMemoryVocabularyPilot studyDeficitsReasoningLearningDisordersAttentionBatteries