Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study

Anita Taub; Antonio Carlos Lopes; Daniel Fuentes; Carina Chaubet D'Alcante; Maria Eugenia De Mathis; Miguel Montes Canteras; Marilena Siviero; Benjamin D. Greenberg; Georg Norén; Marcelo Batistuzzo; Marcelo Queiroz Hoexter; Soraya Cecílio; Cary Savage; Steven Rasmussen; Euripedes Constantino Miguel

doi:10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393

Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study

Anita Taub, Antonio Carlos Lopes, Daniel Fuentes, Carina Chaubet D'Alcante, Maria Eugenia De Mathis, Miguel Montes Canteras, Marilena Siviero, Benjamin D. Greenberg, Georg Norén, Marcelo Batistuzzo, Marcelo Queiroz Hoexter, Soraya Cecílio, Cary Savage, Steven Rasmussen, Euripedes Constantino Miguel

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Five refractory obsessive-compulsive patients were assessed using a neuropsychological battery after a modified gamma knife capsulotomy. The surgical technique was not associated with profound cognitive deficits. The authors found improvements in attention, vocabulary, learning, abstract reasoning, and memory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	393-397
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Taub, A., Lopes, A. C., Fuentes, D., D'Alcante, C. C., De Mathis, M. E., Canteras, M. M., Siviero, M., Greenberg, B. D., Norén, G., Batistuzzo, M., Hoexter, M. Q., Cecílio, S., Savage, C., Rasmussen, S., & Miguel, E. C. (2009). Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 21(4), 393-397. https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393

Taub, A, Lopes, AC, Fuentes, D, D'Alcante, CC, De Mathis, ME, Canteras, MM, Siviero, M, Greenberg, BD, Norén, G, Batistuzzo, M, Hoexter, MQ, Cecílio, S, Savage, C, Rasmussen, S & Miguel, EC 2009, 'Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study', Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 393-397. https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393

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