Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic, and oftentimes disabling
disorder. The only established first-line treatments for OCD are exposure and response …

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by repetitive thoughts and
behaviours that are experienced as unwanted. Family and twin studies have demonstrated …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects approximately 2–3% of the population and is
characterized by recurrent intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or …

Anxiety disorders are a significant problem in the community, and recent neuroimaging
research has focused on determining the brain circuits that underlie them. Research on the …

Compulsivity is associated with alterations in the structure and the function of parallel and
interacting brain circuits involved in emotional processing (involving both the reward and the …

BackgroundSpecific cortico-striato-thalamic circuits are hypothesised to mediate the
symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), but structural neuroimaging studies …

Brain responses to pain, assessed through positron emission tomography (PET) and
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) are reviewed. Functional activation of brain …

Recently, there has been a convergence in lesion and neuroimaging data in the
identification of circuits underlying positive and negative emotion in the human brain …

The basal ganglia and frontal cortex operate together to execute goal directed behaviors.
This requires not only the execution of motor plans, but also the behaviors that lead to this …

The authors present an overview of the neural bases of emotion. They underscore the role of
the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and amygdala in 2 broad approach-and withdrawal-related …