title: Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study.
abstract: Five refractory obsessive-compulsive patients were assessed using a neuropsychological battery after a modified gamma knife capsulotomy. The surgical technique was not associated with profound cognitive deficits. The authors found improvements in attention, vocabulary, learning, abstract reasoning, and memory.
authors.affiliation: Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program (PROTOC), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, R. Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 3 degrees andar, sala 9, São Paulo, SP 01060-970, Brazil. anita_taub@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taub
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: Carina Chaubet
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: D'Alcante
authors.forename: Maria Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: de Mathis
authors.forename: Miguel Montes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Canteras
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siviero
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Norén
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batistuzzo
authors.forename: Marcelo Queiroz
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Hoexter
authors.forename: Soraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cecílio
authors.forename: Cary
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Euripedes Constantino
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Miguel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D020772:Internal Capsule / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016634:Radiosurgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome