論文

査読有り 国際誌
2014年

Altered fronto-striatal fiber topography and connectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

PloS one
  • Takashi Nakamae
  • ,
  • Yuki Sakai
  • ,
  • Yoshinari Abe
  • ,
  • Seiji Nishida
  • ,
  • Kenji Fukui
  • ,
  • Kei Yamada
  • ,
  • Manabu Kubota
  • ,
  • Damiaan Denys
  • ,
  • Jin Narumoto

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開始ページ
e112075
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0112075

Fronto-striatal circuits are hypothesized to be involved in the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Within this circuitry, ventral frontal regions project fibers to the ventral striatum (VS) and dorsal frontal regions to the dorsal striatum. Resting state fMRI research has shown higher functional connectivity between the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and the dorsal part of the VS in OCD patients compared to healthy controls (HC). Therefore, we hypothesized that in OCD the OFC predominantly project fibers to the more dorsal part of the VS, and that the structural connectivity between the OFC and VS is higher compared to HC. A total of 20 non-medicated OCD patients and 20 HC underwent diffusion-weighted imaging. Connectivity-based parcellation analyses were performed with the striatum as seed region and the OFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex as target regions. Obtained connectivity maps for each frontal region of interest (ROI) were normalized into standard space, and Z-component (dorsal-ventral) coordinate of center-of-gravity (COG) were compared between two groups. Probabilistic tractography was performed to investigate diffusion indices of fibers between the striatum and frontal ROIs. COG Z-component coordinates of connectivity maps for OFC ROI were located in the more dorsal part of the VS in OCD patients compared to HC. Fractional anisotropy of fibers between the OFC and the striatum was higher in OCD patients compared to HC. Part of the pathophysiology of OCD might be understood by altered topography and structural connectivity of fibers between the OFC and the striatum.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112075
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25375933
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222976
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0112075
  • PubMed ID : 25375933
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC4222976

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