J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009 Fall;21(4):393-7.

Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study.

Taub A, Lopes AC, Fuentes D, D'Alcante CC, de Mathis ME, Canteras MM, Siviero M, Greenberg BD, Norén G, Batistuzzo M, Hoexter MQ, Cecílio S, Savage C, Rasmussen S, Miguel EC.

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Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program (PROTOC), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, R. Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 3 degrees andar, sala 9, São Paulo, SP 01060-970, Brazil. anita_taub@uol.com.br

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Five refractory obsessive-compulsive patients were assessed using a neuropsychological battery after a modified gamma knife capsulotomy. The surgical technique was not associated with profound cognitive deficits. The authors found improvements in attention, vocabulary, learning, abstract reasoning, and memory.

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