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Brain functional connectivity during induced sadness in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Author(s) -
Leonardo F. Fontenelle,
Ben J. Harrison,
Jesús Pujol,
Christopher G. Davey,
Alex Fornito,
Emre Bora,
Christos Pantelis,
Murat Yücel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.110074
Subject(s) - anterior cingulate cortex , sadness , mood , psychology , ventral striatum , functional magnetic resonance imaging , neuroscience , mood disorders , neuroimaging , anxiety , cognition , psychiatry , striatum , anger , dopamine
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with a range of emotional abnormalities linked to its defining symptoms, comorbid illnesses and cognitive deficits. The aim of this preliminary study was to examine functional changes in the brain that are associated with experimentally induced sad mood in patients with OCD compared with healthy controls in a frontolimbic circuit relevant to both OCD and mood regulation.

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