2015
Multicenter Voxel-Based Morphometry Mega-Analysis of Structural Brain Scans in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
de Wit S, Alonso P, Schweren L, Mataix-Cols D, Lochner C, Menchón J, Stein D, Fouche J, Soriano-Mas C, Sato J, Hoexter M, Denys D, Nakamae T, Nishida S, Kwon J, Jang J, Busatto G, Cardoner N, Cath D, Fukui K, Jung W, Kim S, Miguel E, Narumoto J, Phillips M, Pujol J, Remijnse P, Sakai Y, Shin N, Yamada K, Veltman D, van den Heuvel O. Multicenter Voxel-Based Morphometry Mega-Analysis of Structural Brain Scans in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. FOCUS The Journal Of Lifelong Learning In Psychiatry 2015, 13: 204-212. DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.130210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthy comparison subjectsObsessive-compulsive disorderOCD patientsHealthy subjectsComparison subjectsMatter volumeGreater cerebellar gray matter volumeStructural T1-weighted MRI scansWhite matter brain volumesWhite matter volume differencesT1-weighted MRI scansWhite matter volumePrevious smaller studiesStructural brain scansGray matter volumeCerebellar gray matter volumeVoxel-based morphometryAdult OCD patientsAnterior cingulate cortexAltered neuroplasticityClinical variablesInferior frontal gyrusCognitive dysfunctionDorsomedial prefrontal cortexMRI scans
2014
Multicenter Voxel-Based Morphometry Mega-Analysis of Structural Brain Scans in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
de Wit S, Alonso P, Schweren L, Mataix-Cols D, Lochner C, Menchón J, Stein D, Fouche J, Soriano-Mas C, Sato J, Hoexter M, Denys D, Nakamae T, Nishida S, Kwon J, Jang J, Busatto G, Cardoner N, Cath D, Fukui K, Jung W, Kim S, Miguel E, Narumoto J, Phillips M, Pujol J, Remijnse P, Sakai Y, Shin N, Yamada K, Veltman D, van den Heuvel O. Multicenter Voxel-Based Morphometry Mega-Analysis of Structural Brain Scans in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2014, 171: 340-349. PMID: 24220667, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13040574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy comparison subjectsObsessive-compulsive disorderOCD patientsHealthy subjectsComparison subjectsGreater cerebellar gray matter volumeMatter volumeStructural T1-weighted MRI scansWhite matter brain volumesWhite matter volume differencesT1-weighted MRI scansWhite matter volumePrevious smaller studiesStructural brain scansGray matter volumeVoxel-based morphometryAdult OCD patientsCerebellar gray matter volumeAnterior cingulate cortexAltered neuroplasticityClinical variablesInferior frontal gyrusCognitive dysfunctionDorsomedial prefrontal cortexTemporal cortex
2009
Association between symptom severity and internal capsule volume in obsessive-compulsive disorder
de Souza Duran F, Hoexter M, Valente A, Miguel E, Busatto G. Association between symptom severity and internal capsule volume in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neuroscience Letters 2009, 452: 68-71. PMID: 19150484, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite matter volumeObsessive-compulsive disorderMagnetic resonance imagingMatter volumeCingulum bundleWhite matter volume deficitsPathophysiology of OCDOCD patientsAsymptomatic control subjectsWhite matter reductionThalamic-cortical circuitWhite matter alterationsVoxel-based morphometryWhite matter tractsRegional white matter volumeSymptom severity ratingsInternal capsuleNeurosurgical treatmentSeverity scoreControl subjectsAnterior limbConnectivity dysfunctionT MRI scannerOCD severity scoresVolume deficits