Neuroimaging research to understand how the brains of people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) functioned was limited at the time of this study. This study by Dr. Saxena and his… Read more »
Error-related negativity in unaffected siblings of youth with obsessive compulsive disorder
Research has shown that OCD involves increased brain activity in cortico-striatal circuits that connect the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) with other brain regions involved in performance monitoring and error detection…. Read more »
Visual attention bias in body dysmorphic disorder
Cognitive behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) highlighted information processing biases — cognitive biases that relate to how various forms of information such as visual information are interpreted. Research… Read more »
Anterior cingulate deficits in obsessive compulsive disorder
Prior research showed that abnormalities in the anterior cingulate (a brain region involved in error detection, attention, reward, and decision making) are linked to OCD, with brain imaging studies showing… Read more »
Neural correlates of emotional response inhibition in obsessive compulsive disorder
Prior studies showed that problems in controlling inhibitions related to intrusive thoughts are tied to OCD. Brain imaging techniques were used to look at inhibitory control processes and the processing… Read more »
The frequency of oscillations in obsessive compulsive disorder
With the rise of imaging methods and measurements that could look into how brain regions interact in patients with OCD, more research was needed into their strengths and limitations. This… Read more »
Comparison of brain activation patterns in hoarding disorder and non-hoarding OCD
When the DSM-5 was published in 2012, hoarding disorder (HD) became a diagnosis separate from OCD. By that point, evidence also showed that patients with HD showed different abnormalities in… Read more »
Investigation of visual perceptual deficits in BDD using EEG
Prior functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research suggested that people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) process visual information differently from people without BDD. This may be a key factor behind… Read more »
Targeted real-time NIRS-driven neurofeedback: A novel treatment for OCD
Despite a variety of treatments for OCD existing, about a quarter of people with OCD do not experience a substantial decrease in symptoms. However, non-invasive treatments that target certain brain… Read more »
In vivo identification of antibody targets in PANDAS/PANS
At the time of this study, one proposed method by which PANDAS/PANS takes hold in patients is the autoimmune response of antibodies made to fight Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS;… Read more »