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Obsessive-compulsive disorder: etiology, neuropathology, and cognitive dysfunction

Obsessive-compulsive disorder: etiology, neuropathology, and cognitive dysfunction
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: etiology, neuropathology, and cognitive dysfunction

Background: this review provides an overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms, including the four partially distinct subtypes of the disorder, current diagnostic criteria, and common comorbidities. Critically, it focuses on the etiology of OCD, including its underlying neuropathology, and examines cognitive dysfunction in OCD. 

Methods: this review study was conducted by library method. 

Results: we show how dysfunction in cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuits may underpin symptoms; and shed light on the putative neurochemistry within these loops such as the role of serotonin, dopamine, and glutamate systems. We also show how OCD is characterized by cognitive dysfunction including problems in cognitive flexibility, visuospatial memory, response inhibition, and goal-directed behavior, linked to aberrant activity within CSTC circuits. 

Conclusions: in brief, research questions we shed light on include (1) what are the symptoms in OCD; (2) what is the etiology of the disorder and do existing models explain OCD; and (3) what are key cognitive deficits in OCD and do these improve with treatment?.

cognitive function, cognitive models, etiology, learning-based models, neuropathology, obsessive-compulsive disorder
2162-3279
Jalal, Baland
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Chamberlain, Samuel R.
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Sahakian, Barbara J.
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Sahakian, Barbara J.
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Jalal, Baland, Chamberlain, Samuel R. and Sahakian, Barbara J. (2023) Obsessive-compulsive disorder: etiology, neuropathology, and cognitive dysfunction. Brain and Behavior, 13 (6), [e3000]. (doi:10.1002/brb3.3000).

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Abstract

Background: this review provides an overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms, including the four partially distinct subtypes of the disorder, current diagnostic criteria, and common comorbidities. Critically, it focuses on the etiology of OCD, including its underlying neuropathology, and examines cognitive dysfunction in OCD. 

Methods: this review study was conducted by library method. 

Results: we show how dysfunction in cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuits may underpin symptoms; and shed light on the putative neurochemistry within these loops such as the role of serotonin, dopamine, and glutamate systems. We also show how OCD is characterized by cognitive dysfunction including problems in cognitive flexibility, visuospatial memory, response inhibition, and goal-directed behavior, linked to aberrant activity within CSTC circuits. 

Conclusions: in brief, research questions we shed light on include (1) what are the symptoms in OCD; (2) what is the etiology of the disorder and do existing models explain OCD; and (3) what are key cognitive deficits in OCD and do these improve with treatment?.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 March 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 May 2023
Published date: 16 June 2023
Keywords: cognitive function, cognitive models, etiology, learning-based models, neuropathology, obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Local EPrints ID: 492862
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/492862
ISSN: 2162-3279
PURE UUID: db0dfe12-c442-4833-8276-2bb61a37a275
ORCID for Samuel R. Chamberlain: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7014-8121

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Date deposited: 16 Aug 2024 16:54
Last modified: 17 Aug 2024 02:06

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Author: Baland Jalal
Author: Samuel R. Chamberlain ORCID iD
Author: Barbara J. Sahakian

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