Research Article: Link Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and ApoE Gene Polymorphisms
Introduction:
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating disease characterized by repetitive, intrusive and unwanted thoughts, impulses, and images, often associated with recurrent, time-consuming and frequently ritualized compulsive behaviour. Many studies have shown that OCD is a frontal lobe/basal ganglia disorder that shares links with neurodegenerative disorders such as malfunctioning of cortico–striato–thalamo–cortical circuitry, autism, schizophrenia, Tourette syndrome, and frontal lobe dementia. – In…
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