Defining Compulsive Behavior. [PDF]
Neuropsychol Rev, 2019 Compulsive tendencies are a central feature of problematic human behavior and thereby are of great interest to the scientific and clinical community. However, no consensus exists about the precise meaning of 'compulsivity,' creating confusion in the field and hampering comparison across psychiatric disorders.
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Hyperactivity of indirect pathway-projecting spiny projection neurons promotes compulsive behavior [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCompulsive 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.
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Neuroscience of Compulsive Eating Behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017 A systematic characterization of compulsivity in pathological forms of eating has been proposed in the context of three functional domains: (1) habitual overeating; (2) overeating to relieve a negative emotional state; and (3) overeating despite aversive
Catherine F. Moore +4 more
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Transdiagnostic phenotypes of compulsive behavior and associations with psychological, cognitive, and neurobiological affective processing [PDF]
Translational Psychiatry, 2022 Compulsivity is a poorly understood transdiagnostic construct thought to underlie multiple disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, addictions, and binge eating.
Lauren Den Ouden +11 more
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Disruption of prepulse inhibition is associated with compulsive behavior severity and nucleus accumbens dopamine receptor changes in Sapap3 knockout mice [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with disruption of sensorimotor gating, which may contribute to difficulties inhibiting intrusive thoughts and compulsive rituals.
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Pemphigus vulgaris aggravated by obsessive-compulsive behavior: the importance of adjuvant topical occlusive dressing. [PDF]
An Bras Dermatol, 2021 Lima PB +3 more
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SAGE Open, 2023 The aftermath of the pandemic may have changes in consumer behaviors and motivations for buying. This study aims to find and prove the underlying psychological factors of compulsive buying behavior under the conditions of social isolation. The structural
Fei Huang, Wenqiu Guo
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Ketamine increases activity of a fronto-striatal projection that regulates compulsive behavior in SAPAP3 knockout mice. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2021 Davis GL +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 BackgroundCompulsive checking behavior is the most prevalent compulsive behavior in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). While some studies have shown that anxiety and executive function influence compulsive checking behavior, the ...
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Animal hoarding: a systematic review [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 Objectives: Animal hoarding is a special manifestation of hoarding disorder, characterized by the accumulation of animals and failure to provide them with minimal care.
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