Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 140-146 , 15 May 2009

Brain changes in children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder before and after treatment: A voxel-based morphometric MRI study

  • Luisa Lázaro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
    • IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), Barcelona, Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic, C/ Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 93 2279971; fax: +34 93 2279171.
    • ,
  • Nuria Bargalló

      Affiliations

    • Image Diagnostic Center, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
    • IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Josefina Castro-Fornieles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
    • IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), Barcelona, Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Carles Falcón

      Affiliations

    • IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Susana Andrés

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Rosa Calvo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clínic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Carme Junqué

      Affiliations

    • IDIBAPS (Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), Barcelona, Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Spain

Received 1 December 2007 ,Revised 22 July 2008 ,Accepted 26 December 2008.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.12.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 140-146 , 15 May 2009

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