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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Pathology
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Definition of 'Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder'An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension. |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Distinct striatal targets in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression.
29 Sep 2009 
The ventral striatum, including the head of the caudate nucleus and the nucleus accumbens, is a putative target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depression (MD). However, the ... Read more...
6 Aug 2009 Whole-brain voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies provide support for orbitofrontal, medial frontal as well as for dorsal cortical volumetric alteration in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, there is still a need to replicate a priori ... Read more...
Smaller pituitary volume in adult patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
20 May 2009 AIMS: Another structure in the obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) circuit may be the pituitary gland because of the fact that limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (LHPA) axis abnormality has been reported in patients with OCD. There has been only ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Pathology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Distinct striatal targets in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression. 29 Sep 2009
- Medial frontal and dorsal cortical morphometric abnormalities are related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. 6 Aug 2009
- Smaller pituitary volume in adult patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 20 May 2009
- White matter alterations in male patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 4 May 2009
- An initial investigation of the orbitofrontal cortex hyperactivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: exaggerated representations of anticipated aversive events? 3 Apr 2009
- The Yale-Brown-Cornell eating disorder scale in women with anorexia nervosa: what is it measuring? 30 Mar 2009
- Regional brain volumes and symptom severity in body dysmorphic disorder. 25 Mar 2009
- Brain changes in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after treatment: a voxel-based morphometric MRI study. 22 Mar 2009
- Inverse relationship between thalamic and orbitofrontal volumes in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 19 Mar 2009
- Task-related dissociation in ERN amplitude as a function of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. 15 Mar 2009
- Volumetric differences in the pituitary between drug-naïve and medicated male patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. 7 Mar 2009
- Neuroimaging in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 30 Jan 2009
- Association between symptom severity and internal capsule volume in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 7 Jan 2009
- Current status of brain imaging in anxiety disorders. 30 Dec 2008
- The major symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder are mediated by partially distinct neural systems. 22 Oct 2008
- Greater regional cortical gray matter thickness in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 6 Oct 2008
- Gamma ventral capsulotomy for treatment of resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: a structural MRI pilot prospective study. 25 Sep 2008
- Structural magnetic resonance imaging in anxiety disorders: an update of research findings.
30 Aug 2008 - Meta-analysis of brain volume changes in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 19 Aug 2008
- Animal models of psychiatric disease. 9 Aug 2008
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Technical information about 'Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder'
Definition: An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, persistent obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are the intrusive ideas, thoughts, or images that are experienced as senseless or repugnant. Compulsions are repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior which the individual generally recognizes as senseless and from which the individual does not derive pleasure although it may provide a release from tension.
Descriptor UI: D009771
Alternative terms: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive; Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders; Anankastic Personality; Anankastic Personalities; Personalities, Anankastic; Personality, Anankastic; Neurosis, Obsessive-Compulsive; Neuroses, Obsessive-Compulsive; Neurosis, Obsessive Compulsive; Obsessive-Compulsive Neuroses; Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F03.080.600;
Online Note: use OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER to search NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1966-80 & OBSESSION 1966-78
History Note: 81; was NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-80; OBSESSION was see under NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-78
Technical Notes: COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER is also available