Obsessive-compulsive disorder and limbic dysfunction

The project aims at investigating the fronto-striatal and limbic correlates of symptom provocation in OCD patients.

Principal investigators

Simon, Daniela Dr. phil. (Details) (Clinical Psychology)

Financer

DFG: Eigene Stelle (Sachbeihilfe)

Duration of project

Start date: 08/2007
End date: 04/2010

Publications

Simon, D., Kaufmann, C., Müsch, K., Kischkel, E. and Kathmann, N. (2010). Fronto-striato-limbic hyperactivation in obsessive-compulsive disorder during individually tailored symptom provocation. Psychophysiology, 47 (4), 728-738.