2019
Initial findings of striatum tripartite model in OCD brain samples based on transcriptome analysis
Lisboa B, Oliveira K, Tahira A, Barbosa A, Feltrin A, Gouveia G, Lima L, Feio dos Santos A, Martins D, Puga R, Moretto A, De Bragança Pereira C, Lafer B, Leite R, Ferretti-Rebustini R, Farfel J, Grinberg L, Jacob-Filho W, Miguel E, Hoexter M, Brentani H. Initial findings of striatum tripartite model in OCD brain samples based on transcriptome analysis. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 3086. PMID: 30816141, PMCID: PMC6395771, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38965-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderSynaptic transmissionPathophysiology of OCDDifferent striatal subregionsPostmortem brain tissueChemical synaptic transmissionStriatal areasCortico-striatoNeurotransmitter levelsStriatum regionThalamic circuitryStriatal subregionsSubregion specificityPsychiatric disordersPresynaptic processesSynaptic plasticityBrain samplesOCD pathophysiologyBrain tissueCSTC modelControl casesPathophysiologyRare variantsDisordersCellular responses
2017
Fear extinction in an obsessive-compulsive disorder animal model: Influence of sex and estrous cycle
Reimer A, de Oliveira A, Diniz J, Hoexter M, Miguel E, Milad M, Brandão M. Fear extinction in an obsessive-compulsive disorder animal model: Influence of sex and estrous cycle. Neuropharmacology 2017, 131: 104-115. PMID: 29225044, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.12.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderFear extinctionOCD patientsTreatment of OCDFear extinction retentionExtinction retention deficitsFear extinction trainingOCD pathophysiologyOCD-like symptomsAnterior cingulate cortexFear inhibitionExtinction retentionAccount sex differencesEstrous cycleExtinction trainingRetention deficitsRepetitive behaviorsDistinct neurotransmitter systemsMedial prefrontalUntreated OCD patientsCingulate cortexAnimal modelsSelf-grooming behaviorBrain areasEstrous cycle phase