Postinfectious Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection, and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder
Vreeland A, Calaprice D, Or-Geva N, Frye R, Agalliu D, Lachman H, Pittenger C, Pallanti S, Williams K, Ma M, Thienemann M, Gagliano A, Mellins E, Frankovich J. Postinfectious Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection, and Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorder. Developmental Neuroscience 2023, 45: 361-374. PMID: 37742615, DOI: 10.1159/000534261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromeObsessive-compulsive disorderGroup A streptococciSydenham's choreaNeuropsychiatric disordersStreptococcal infectionAcute-onset obsessive-compulsive disorderPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infectionsAssociated with streptococcal infectionsAnimal modelsPediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAnti-neuronal autoantibodiesAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersTriggered by infectionModulate neuronal activityRandomized clinical trialsNeuropsychiatric syndromeNeuropsychiatric manifestationsRheumatologic diseasesClinical trialsA streptococciNeural antigensBasal gangliaClinical syndromeNeuronal activityNeurofeedback for obsessive compulsive disorder: A randomized, double-blind trial
Rance M, Zhao Z, Zaboski B, Kichuk S, Romaker E, Koller W, Walsh C, Harris-Starling C, Wasylink S, Adams T, Gruner P, Pittenger C, Hampson M. Neurofeedback for obsessive compulsive disorder: A randomized, double-blind trial. Psychiatry Research 2023, 328: 115458. PMID: 37722238, PMCID: PMC10695074, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderAnterior prefrontal cortexControl groupDouble-blind clinical trialDouble-blind trialPrimary outcome measureCompulsive disorderHarm/checkingMechanism of actionYale-Brown ObsessiveSecondary outcomesSessions of neurofeedbackActive groupClinical trialsOutcome measuresPrimary symptomsSymptom ScaleObsessive-compulsive symptomsPrefrontal cortexSymptomsTraining protocolGreater reductionSignificant differencesPatientsSham feedbackNeuroinflammation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
Vreeland A, Thienemann M, Cunningham M, Muscal E, Pittenger C, Frankovich J. Neuroinflammation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Sydenham Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2023, 46: 69-88. PMID: 36740356, DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2022.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromePediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersSydenham's choreaStreptococcal infectionNeuroinflammatory diseasesNeuropsychiatric syndromeNeuropsychiatric disordersSource of inflammationObsessive-compulsive disorderRheumatological diseasesBasal gangliaClinical trialsClinical dataMajor manifestationsDiagnostic biomarkersImmune systemDisordersDiseaseBehavioral disordersInflammationChoreaSyndromeInfectionFuture studies