Striatal MRI Abnormalities in OCD

Abstract

MRI scans from 19 children aged 7 to 18 years, with recent onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), untreated with psychotropic drugs, and 19 matched controls, were analyzed for striatal volume at Western Psychiatric Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA.

Keywords

• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• psychotropic drugs
• prefrontal cortical