2024
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
2019
Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Stein D, Costa D, Lochner C, Miguel E, Reddy Y, Shavitt R, van den Heuvel O, Simpson H. Obsessive–compulsive disorder. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2019, 5: 52. PMID: 31371720, PMCID: PMC7370844, DOI: 10.1038/s41572-019-0102-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderSimilar symptom dimensionsExtent of comorbiditySpecific brain circuitsGroup of conditionsTranslational Neuroscience ApproachCognitive behavioral therapyIntractable symptomsReuptake inhibitorsClinical outcomesChronic conditionsGlobal disabilityEffective treatmentInternational ClassificationGlobal mental healthRelated disordersMental disordersNeuropsychiatric disordersRepetitive stereotyped behaviorsBrain circuitsIndividualized assessmentMental healthNeurobiological mechanismsStatistical ManualHomogenous disorder