Wenxin Tang, Ting Shen, Yueqi Huang, Wenjing Zhu, Shujun You, Cheng Zhu, Luyue Zhang, Jiehua Ma, Yiquan Wang, Jingping Zhao, Tao Li, Hsin-Yi Lai
BACKGROUND: Brain structural and functional alterations have been reported in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients; however, these findings were inconsistent across studies due to several limitations, including small sample sizes, different inclusion/exclusion criteria, varied demographic characteristics and symptom dimensions, comorbidity, and medication status. Prominent and replicable neuroimaging biomarkers remain to be discovered. METHODS: This study explored the gray matter structure, neural activity, and white matter microstructure differences in 40 drug-naïve OCD patients and 57 matched healthy controls using ultrahigh field 7...
December 27, 2022: Asian Journal of Psychiatry