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Hyperactivity of indirect pathway-projecting spiny projection neurons promotes compulsive behavior - Nature Communications

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By Elizabeth Manning, Zoe LaPalombara, Brittany L. Chamberlain
| Nature Verified
Abstract Compulsive behaviors are a hallmark symptom of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Striatal hyperactivity has been linked to compulsive behavior generation in correlative studies in humans and causal studies in rodents. However, the contribution of the two distinct striatal output populations to the generation and treatment of compulsive behavior is unknown.
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Sapap3 knockout mice show threat bias under conflict during platform mediated avoidance task: implications for obsessive compulsive disorder

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By Elizabeth Manning, Xiaojun Li, Elizabeth A Crummy, Zoe LaPalombara
| BioRxiv
Abstract Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) typically involves cycling between symptoms of intrusive aversive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive rituals aimed at avoiding these aversive outcomes (compulsions), which interferes with patients' engagement with other important aspects of their lives. This cycling relationship between obsessions and compulsions highlights a potential role of impaired threat processing and avoidance behavior in OCD symptoms.
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