Excessive Checking in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Neurochemical Correlates Revealed by 7T Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

• Main Authors: Biria, Marjan, Banca, Paula, Keser, Engin, Healy, Mairead P., Sawiak, Stephen J., de Souza, Ana Maria Frota Lisboa Pereira, Aleya, A Marzuki *, Sule, Akeem, Robbins, Trevor W.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: QP Physiology; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2786/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.08.009
• Institution: Sunway University

Background Compulsive checking, a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), has been difficult to capture experimentally. Therefore, determination of its neural basis remains challenging despite some evidence suggesting that it is linked to dysfunction of cingulostriatal systems. This...