Increased right caudate nucleus size in obsessive-compulsive disorder: detection with magnetic resonance imaging.
Magnetic resonance images were used to measure the volume of the head of the caudate nucleus in 20 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and 16 normal control subjects. The obsessive-compulsive patients showed a significant increase in the volume of the right side of the head of the caudate nucleus compared with that of control subjects. This finding was not correlated with demographic, psychopathological, or clinical characteristics.
Scarone
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Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School, Italy.
Colombo
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Livian
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Abbruzzese
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Ronchi
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Locatelli
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Scotti
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Smeraldi
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D000328:Adult; D001479:Basal Ganglia; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D016666:Fluvoxamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011859:Radiography; D014275:Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects
D002997:Clomipramine; D016666:Fluvoxamine