TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial working memory in obsessive-compulsive disorder improves with clinical response: A functional MRI study
AU - van der Wee, Nic J. A.
AU - Ramsey, Nick F.
AU - van Megen, Harold J. G. M.
AU - Denys, Damiaan
AU - Westenberg, Herman G. M.
AU - Kahn, René S.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - To date, only a few studies have examined whether executive dysfunctions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are state or trait dependent and almost none of these studies have used functional neuroimaging techniques. We conducted a functional MRI study before and after 12 weeks of pharmacological treatment in 14 psychotropic-free patients with OCD without comorbidity. Subjects performed a spatial variant of a working memory task with four increasing levels of difficulty (n-back task). Responders and non-responders did not differ in clinical and demographical characteristics or brain activation patterns before treatment. Performance improved only in responders and was associated with a change in the overall pattern of brain activity during the task. We found no correlations between (changes in) scores on symptom scales, brain activity and performance. Our preliminary findings suggests that spatial working memory deficits in OCD and their functional anatomical correlates, as assessed with a spatial n-back task, are, at least to some extent, state dependent
AB - To date, only a few studies have examined whether executive dysfunctions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are state or trait dependent and almost none of these studies have used functional neuroimaging techniques. We conducted a functional MRI study before and after 12 weeks of pharmacological treatment in 14 psychotropic-free patients with OCD without comorbidity. Subjects performed a spatial variant of a working memory task with four increasing levels of difficulty (n-back task). Responders and non-responders did not differ in clinical and demographical characteristics or brain activation patterns before treatment. Performance improved only in responders and was associated with a change in the overall pattern of brain activity during the task. We found no correlations between (changes in) scores on symptom scales, brain activity and performance. Our preliminary findings suggests that spatial working memory deficits in OCD and their functional anatomical correlates, as assessed with a spatial n-back task, are, at least to some extent, state dependent
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.04.012
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.04.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 16797166
SN - 0924-977X
VL - 17
SP - 16
EP - 23
JO - European neuropsychopharmacology
JF - European neuropsychopharmacology
IS - 1
ER -