title: Orbital frontal cortex in treatment-naïve pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: The orbital frontal cortex (OFC) has been implicated in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Participants comprised 28 treatment-naïve pediatric OCD patients and 21 controls, who were examined using magnetic resonance imaging. OCD patients had larger right but not left OFC white matter volume than controls. This is fresh evidence implicating white matter in OCD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macmaster
authors.forename: Anvi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vora
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Easter
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rix
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000473:pathology*; D010372:Pediatrics