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Altered Fractional Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuations in Unmedicated Female Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Authors: Ziyu Meng; Zongfeng Zhang; Qing Fan; Yao Li;

Altered Fractional Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuations in Unmedicated Female Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Abstract

A number of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) studies indicate dysfunction of large-scale brain networks underlying the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Recent epidemiology studies show that the prevalence of female OCD patients is higher than that of males. However, the underlying neurobiology mechanism for female OCD patients remains not fully understood. In this study, we are aimed to explore the spontaneous brain neuronal activity in unmedicated female OCD patients using rs-fMRI methodology and fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF) analysis. Additionally, we examine the relationship between fALFF changes and female OCD symptomatology. Increased fALFF values in right brainstem, right rectus, left middle temporal gyrus and right angular were found in OCD females. And decreased fALFF values in right cerebellum, left middle occipital gyrus, left insula, postcentral gyrus and left precentral gyrus were shown in female OCD patients. Moreover, the fALFF values in left precentral gyrus and left middle temporal gyrus were positively associated with patients YBOCS-Obsessions scores and HAMD scores, respectively. Our findings bring additional insights in understanding the pathophysiology of female OCD patients.

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Brain Mapping, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Brain, Humans, Female, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Frontal Lobe

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