A child with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) undergoes imaging of brain. Which of the following structures is likely to show atrophy?: (A) Putamen, (B) Cerebellum, (C) Caudate nucleus, (D) Globus pallidus
Answer is C. Solutions: - Neuroanatomical Structures Involved in OCD Orbitofrontal Coex Caudate (which is a pa of Basal Ganglia) Thalamus Extra edge: Other impoant Brain areas and associated psychiatric disorders : Psychiatric Disorders Brain Areas involved 1. Anxiety disorders Locus ceruleus Raphe nucleus Caudate nucleus Temporal coex Frontal coex 2. Depression Damage to the left frontal lobe 3. Alzheimer's disease Hippocampus