title: Neuroimaging studies of obsessive compulsive disorder.
abstract: In the last 5 years, there has been an explosion of neuroimaging studies of obsessive compulsive disorder. This work is now beginning to suggest dysfunctional brain regions and circuits that may mediate some of the symptoms of this classic neuropsychiatric illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose