2020
Risk factors for obsessive–compulsive symptoms. Follow-up of a community-based youth cohort
Macul Ferreira de Barros P, do Rosário MC, Szejko N, Polga N, Requena GL, Ravagnani B, Fatori D, Batistuzzo MC, Hoexter MQ, Rohde LA, Polanczyk GV, Leckman JF, Miguel EC, de Alvarenga PG. Risk factors for obsessive–compulsive symptoms. Follow-up of a community-based youth cohort. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2020, 30: 89-104. PMID: 32076869, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01495-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive symptomsRisk factorsAbsence of breastfeedingOCS scoresBaseline anxiety disordersPotential risk factorsLarge community cohortLow socioeconomic statusRegression analysisMental health assessmentMaternal stress levelsLower intelligence quotientCommunity cohortChildhood adversityLower ageHigher OCS scoresAnxiety disordersPsychopathological factorsSocioeconomic statusGenetic factorsSignificant predictorsBaselineHealth assessmentScoresAge
1993
Reduced basal ganglia volumes in Tourette's syndrome using three-dimensional reconstruction techniques from magnetic resonance images.
Peterson B, Riddle MA, Cohen DJ, Katz LD, Smith JC, Hardin MT, Leckman JF. Reduced basal ganglia volumes in Tourette's syndrome using three-dimensional reconstruction techniques from magnetic resonance images. Neurology 1993, 43: 941-9. PMID: 8492950, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.5.941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal gangliaSyndrome patientsNormal controlsReduced basal ganglia volumeBasal ganglia volumesTourette syndrome patientsGlobus pallidus nucleusSmaller mean volumesPathogenesis of TSEsNeuroleptic exposureGanglia volumesPallidus nucleusNeuroradiologic studiesTourette syndromeVolumetric asymmetryMean volumeMagnetic resonance imagesGangliaAxial imagesSocioeconomic statusAsymmetry indexSyndromeResonance imagesVolume reductionMR scanner