Toward a neurocircuit-based taxonomy to guide treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder

E Shephard, ER Stern, OA van den Heuvel… - Molecular …, 2021‏ - nature.com
An important challenge in mental health research is to translate findings from cognitive
neuroscience and neuroimaging research into effective treatments that target the …

Infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex signalling to calbindin 1 positive neurons in posterior basolateral amygdala suppresses anxiety-and depression-like behaviours

H Yu, L Chen, H Lei, G Pi, R **ong, T Jiang… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Generalization is a fundamental cognitive ability of organisms to deal with the uncertainty in
real-world situations. Excessive fear generalization and impaired reward generalization are …

Possible actions of cannabidiol in obsessive-compulsive disorder by targeting the WNT/β-catenin pathway

A Vallée, Y Lecarpentier, JN Vallée - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022‏ - nature.com
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by
recurrent and distinctive obsessions and/or compulsions. The etiologies remain unclear …

Acute effects of cannabinoids on symptoms of obsessive‐compulsive disorder: A human laboratory study

RR Kayser, M Haney, M Raskin, C Arout… - Depression and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Preclinical data implicate the endocannabinoid system in the pathology
underlying obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD), while survey data have linked OCD …

Avoidance of learnt fear: Models, potential mechanisms, and future directions

AHK Wong, FM Wirth, A Pittig - Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Avoiding stimuli that were previously associated with threat is essential for adaptive
functioning, but excessive avoidance that persists in the absence of threat can turn …

Disrupted state transition learning as a computational marker of compulsivity

PB Sharp, RJ Dolan, E Eldar - Psychological Medicine, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Background Disorders involving compulsivity, fear, and anxiety are linked to beliefs that the
world is less predictable. We lack a mechanistic explanation for how such beliefs arise …

Increased attention allocation to stimuli reflecting end-states of compulsive behaviors among obsessive compulsive individuals

D Basel, M Magen, A Lazarov - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Attentional research in OCD has focused solely on threat stimuli, assumed to provoke
related obsessions and ensuing compulsions. OCD-related stimuli depicting the completion …

Humans display interindividual differences in the latent mechanisms underlying fear generalization behaviour

K Yu, F Tuerlinckx, W Vanpaemel… - Communications …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Human generalization research aims to understand the processes underlying the transfer of
prior experiences to new contexts. Generalization research predominantly relies on …

WNT/β-catenin pathway and circadian rhythms in obsessive-compulsive disorder

A Vallée, Y Lecarpentier, JN Vallée - Neural Regeneration …, 2022‏ - journals.lww.com
The neuropsychiatric disease named obsessive-compulsive disorder is composed by
obsessions and/or compulsions. Obsessive-compulsive disorder etiologies are undefined …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive inflexibility, obsessive-compulsive symptoms and traits and poor post-pandemic adjustment.

L Pellegrini, NA Fineberg - Neuroscience Applied, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The ability to flexibly adapt thoughts and behaviours represents a fundamental attribute for
behavioural success. Impairments in aspects of cognitive flexibility are found as …