Alterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disorder

dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Ciencias Forenses, Anatomía Patolóxica, Xinecoloxía e Obstetricia, e Pediatríagl
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Óscar F.
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorLeite, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorGanho, Ana
dc.contributor.authorFernandes-Gonçalves, Ana
dc.contributor.authorPocinho, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorCarracedo Álvarez, Ángel
dc.contributor.authorSampaio, Adriana
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-26T14:37:42Z
dc.date.available2020-05-26T14:37:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractWhile the ethio-pathogenesis of Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) remains unknown, there is increased evidence of widespread structural alterations in both white and gray matter in OCD patients that include, but are not restricted, to abnormalities in cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) regions. The objective of this study was to test the existence of structural alterations in both white and gray matter in a sample of OCD patients when compared with a group of non-clinical matched controls (NCC), using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Method: Fifteen patients with OCD and 15 NCC underwent MRI structural scanning. Results: Frontal (increased gray matter in the middle frontal gyrus) and subcortical regions (increased white matter in the pallidum) were found to be affected in patients. Additionally, temporal-parietal regions were also found to be affected and highly correlated with OCD symptom severity (decrease of gray matter in the superior parietal lobe and white matter in the angular and superior temporal gyri). Conclusions: These alterations may be associated with prominent OCD symptoms, such as diffi culties with inhibitory control (pallidum, angular gyrus), executive functioning (middle frontal gyris), compulsive checking (superior temporal gyrus) and visual-spatial defi cits (superior parietal lobe).gl
dc.description.abstractLas alteraciones de morfologia de la sustancia blanca y gris en el trastorno obsesivo compulsivo. Antecedentes: mientras que la etiopatogenia del trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC) sigue siendo desconocida, hay una mayor evidencia en las personas que sufren este trastorno de alteraciones estructurales que incluyen, pero no se limitan, a anormalidades en regiones cortico-estriado-tálamo-corticales (CSTC). El objetivo de este estudio fue comprobar la existencia de alteraciones estructurales tanto en la materia blanca como en la materia gris en una muestra de pacientes con TOC en comparación con un grupo de controles no clínicos (NCC), utilizándose para ello análisis morfométricos basados en “voxel” (VBM). Método: quince pacientes con TOC y quince NCC fueron estudiados mediante resonancia magnética estrutural. Resultados: se encontraron alteraciones en los pacientes en regiones frontales (aumento de la materia gris en la circunvolución frontal media) y subcorticales (aumento de la materia blanca en el pallidum). Además, también se encontraron afectadas regiones témporo-parietales con una alta correlación con la gravedad de los síntomas del TOC (disminución de la materia gris en el lóbulo parietal superior y de la materia blanca en las circunvoluciones temporales angular y superior). Conclusiones: las alteraciones encontradas pueden estar asociados con síntomas predominantes en el TOC, como difi cultades en el control inhibitorio (pallidum, giro angular), función ejecutiva (circunvolución frontal media), verifi caciones compulsivas (circunvolución temporal superior) y défi cit visual-espacial (lóbulo parietal superior)gl
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dc.description.sponsorshipÓscar F. Gonçalves was funded by the Brazilian National Counsel for Scientifi c and Technological Development (CNPq) as a Special Visiting Researcher of the Science Without Borders program (grant number: 401143/2014-7). This study was partially conducted at the Neuropsychophysiology Lab from the Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education through national funds and co-fi nanced by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007653). This work was also supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and European Union (FSE-POPH) with two individual grants (SFRH/BPD/86041/2012 and SFRH/ BPD/86027/2012)gl
dc.identifier.citationGonçalves OF, Sousa S, Carvalho S, et al. Alterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disorder. Psicothema. 2017;29(1):35‐42. doi:10.7334/psicothema2016.86gl
dc.identifier.doi10.7334/psicothema2016.86
dc.identifier.essn0214-9915
dc.identifier.issn0214-9915
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/22581
dc.language.isoenggl
dc.publisherColegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principadogl
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2016.86gl
dc.rightsCopyright © 2017 Psicothemagl
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessgl
dc.subjectObsessive-compulsive disordergl
dc.subjectGray mattergl
dc.subjectwhite mattergl
dc.subjectVoxel based morphometrygl
dc.subjectTrastorno obsesivo compulsivogl
dc.subjectMateria blancagl
dc.subjectMateria grisgl
dc.subjectMorfometría basada en vóxelgl
dc.titleAlterations of gray and white matter morphology in obsessive compulsive disordergl
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