A high-frequency brain signal in the frontal cortex is linked to OCD compulsions. Targeted deep brain stimulation rapidly reduced symptoms in severe cases.

Researchers studying obsessive-compulsive disorder have identified a specific brain signal that appears to precede the onset ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, ...

A new study reveals that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during ...

Dysfunction of the cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuitry has been a well-agreed upon area of dysfunction in the neuroanatomical model of OCD by neuroscientists (Milad & Rauch, 2012; ...

Neuromodulation approaches for treatment resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This figure outlines a proposed sequential algorithm for neuromodulatory interventions in treatment-resistant ...

Our thoughts are often mysterious to us. You probably don't know why you suddenly think about a Komodo dragon while sitting in traffic or Citizen Kane while shopping for groceries. Such moments remind ...

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical maps divide the brain into regions according to structural variations in the ...

At the Winter Olympics, skiers, bobsledders, speedskaters and many other athletes all have to master one critical moment: when to start. That split ...