SynthesisJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2021
Defining functional brain networks underlying obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using treatment-induced neuroimaging changes: a systematic review of the literature.
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- Effects of cognitive behavioural therapy and exposure-response prevention on brain activation in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of exposure and response prevention combined with pharmacotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Neural correlates of response inhibition following cognitive behavioral therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a randomized controlled EEG study.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- Disgust-reduction evaluative conditioning (DREC) and tDCS in contamination-based OCD: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Changes in Brain Network Connections After Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Adolescents and Adults.Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2024Trial
- Case Report: A Multimodal Treatment Approach Combining Multi-Target rTMS with a Modified, Largely Self-Administered, Clinician-Supervised Exposure and Response Prevention Protocol Using a Verbal Termination Cue in Two Patients with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant OCD: Systematic Review of Anatomical Targets and Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Non-Randomized Studies.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Next-Generation Neuromodulation for Anxiety: Circuit-Based and Personalized Approaches.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- Neural mechanisms underlying cognitive inflexibility in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Theta Cordance Decline in Frontal and Temporal Cortices: Longitudinal Evidence of Regional Cortical Aging.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- ZDHHC4 Influences Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Risk Through Imaging-Derived Phenotypes: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2025Article
- Current interpretations of the I-PACE model of behavioral addictions.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Review
- Effective deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder after failed anterior capsulotomy: illustrative cases.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2024Article
- Nanomedicine in Neuroprotection, Neuroregeneration, and Blood-Brain Barrier Modulation: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Brain-computer interfaces for neuropsychiatric disorders.Nature reviews bioengineering · 2024Article
- White matter changes after Gamma Knife Capsulotomy in patients with intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Closed-loop recruitment of striatal interneurons prevents compulsive-like grooming behaviors.Nature neuroscience · 2024Article
- Boosting Psychotherapy With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation: The Whys and Wherefores of Modulating Neural Plasticity to Promote Therapeutic Change.Neural plasticity · 2024Review
- A systematic review of structural neuroimaging markers of psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation: From Mechanisms to Applications.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
Approximately 2%-3% of the population suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Several brain regions have been implicated in the pathophysiology of OCD, but their various contributions remain unclear. We examined changes in structural and functional neuroimaging before and after a variety of therapeutic interventions as an index into identifying the underlying networks involved. We identified 64 studies from 1990 to 2020 comparing pretreatment and post-treatment imaging of patients with OCD, including metabolic and perfusion, neurochemical, structural, functional and connectivity-based modalities. Treatment class included pharmacotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy/exposure and response prevention, stereotactic lesions, deep brain stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Changes in several brain regions are consistent and correspond with treatment response despite the heterogeneity in treatments and neuroimaging modalities. Most notable are decreases in metabolism and perfusion of the caudate, anterior cingulate cortex, thalamus and regions of prefrontal cortex (PFC) including the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), dorsolateral PFC (DLPFC), ventromedial PFC (VMPFC) and ventrolateral PFC (VLPFC). Modulating activity within regions of the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical system may be a common therapeutic mechanism across treatments. We identify future needs and current knowledge gaps that can be mitigated by implementing integrative methods. Future studies should incorporate a systematic, analytical approach to testing objective correlates of treatment response to better understand neurophysiological mechanisms of dysfunction.
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