Regional Gray Matter Abnormalities in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study
Valente A, Miguel E, Castro C, Amaro E, Duran F, Buchpiguel C, Chitnis X, McGuire P, Busatto G. Regional Gray Matter Abnormalities in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study. Biological Psychiatry 2005, 58: 479-487. PMID: 15978549, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoxel-based morphometryObsessive-compulsive disorderGray matterLeft anterior cingulate cortexOCD patientsOCD subjectsParietal associative cortexMagnetic resonance imaging studyStructural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studiesRegional gray matter abnormalitiesGray matter reductionsGray matter abnormalitiesResonance imaging studyGray matter volumeAnterior cingulate cortexWarrants further investigationTemporolimbic regionsMedial thalamusBrain abnormalitiesObsessive-compulsive symptom severityHealthy volunteersImplicating dysfunctionMatter volumeAssociative cortexMorphometry study