2019
Caudate volume differences among treatment responders, non-responders and controls in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Vattimo E, Barros V, Requena G, Sato J, Fatori D, Miguel E, Shavitt R, Hoexter M, Batistuzzo M. Caudate volume differences among treatment responders, non-responders and controls in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 28: 1607-1617. PMID: 30972581, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-019-01320-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderGroup cognitive behavioral therapyPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderRight caudateTreatment responseCognitive behavioral therapyCaudate nucleusPossible neural substrateTreatment respondersGM volumeStructural magnetic resonance imagingNeural substratesPrevious evidenceNeurobiological underpinningsOrbitofrontal cortexAge-matched controlsTotal GM volumeMagnetic resonance imagingBrain structuresResonance imagingChildrenRespondersBonferroni correctionCaudatePatients
2016
Coordinated brain development: exploring the synchrony between changes in grey and white matter during childhood maturation
Moura L, Crossley N, Zugman A, Pan P, Gadelha A, Del Aquilla M, Picon F, Anés M, Amaro E, de Jesus Mari J, Miguel E, Rohde L, Bressan R, McGuire P, Sato J, Jackowski A. Coordinated brain development: exploring the synchrony between changes in grey and white matter during childhood maturation. Brain Imaging And Behavior 2016, 11: 808-817. PMID: 27169540, DOI: 10.1007/s11682-016-9555-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMagnetic resonance imagingCortical thicknessDiffusion tensor imagingFractional anisotropyWhite matterBrain regionsStructural magnetic resonance imagingGray matter changesWhite matter tractsGray matter regionsCortical thinningMatter changesResonance imagingBrain developmentMatter regionsTensor imagingRespective tractsSignificant heterogeneityTractPrefrontal regionsAge 7Previous studiesBrain architectureAsynchronous maturation
2012
Differential prefrontal gray matter correlates of treatment response to fluoxetine or cognitive-behavioral therapy in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Hoexter M, Dougherty D, Shavitt R, D'Alcante C, Duran F, Lopes A, Diniz J, Batistuzzo M, Evans K, Bressan R, Busatto G, Miguel E. Differential prefrontal gray matter correlates of treatment response to fluoxetine or cognitive-behavioral therapy in obsessive–compulsive disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2012, 23: 569-580. PMID: 22841131, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.06.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeMedial prefrontal cortexCognitive behavioral therapyObsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment responseTreatment-naïve OCD patientsTreatment groupsMagnetic resonance imagingMatter volumeOrbitofrontal cortexLateral orbitofrontal cortexSymptom improvementOCD patientsFluoxetine treatment groupTrial of fluoxetineSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsAdequate therapeutic approachStructural magnetic resonance imagingCBT treatment groupRight medial prefrontal cortexGroup-based cognitive behavioral therapyRegional gray matter volumeStructural MRI scansDistinct brain regionsYale-Brown Obsessive