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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as an Add-on Treatment to Cognitive-Beh...
Carvalho, S; Gonçalves, ÓF; Brunoni, AR; Fernandes-Gonçalves, A; Fregni, F; Leite, JBackground: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) affects more than 264 million people worldwide. Current treatments include the use of psychotherapy and/or drugs, however ~30% of patients either do not respond to these treatments, or do not tolerate the side effects associated to the use of pharmacological interventions. Thus, it is important to study non-pharmacological interventions targeting mechanisms not direct...
Patterns of Default Mode Network Deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Gonçalves, ÓF; Soares, JM; Carvalho, S; Leite, J; Ganho-Ávila, A; Fernandes-Gonçalves, A; Pocinho, F; Carracedo, A; Sampaio, AThe objective of the present study was to research the patterns of Default Mode Network (DMN) deactivation in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the transition between a resting and a non-rest emotional condition. Twenty-seven participants, 15 diagnosed with OCD and 12 healthy controls (HC), underwent a functional neuroimaging paradigm in which DMN brain activation in a resting condition was contrasted with...
Brain activation of the defensive and appetitive survival systems in obsessive ...
Gonçalves, OF; Soares, JM; Carvalho, S; Leite, J; Ganho, A; Fernandes-Gonçalves, A; Frank, B; Pocinho, F; Relvas, J; Carracedo, A; Sampaio, ASeveral studies have shown that basic emotions are responsible for a significant enhancement of early visual processes and increased activation in visual processing brain regions. It may be possible that the cognitive uncertainty and repeated behavioral checking evident in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is due to the existence of abnormalities in basic survival circuits, particularly those associated with ...