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We read with great interest the article by Nielen & Den Boer (2003), who found that patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) displayed cognitive deficits consistent with a dysfunction of the dorsolateral–striatal circuit (DLSC) (i.e. impairments in planning ability, spatial memory, and motor speed)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2004

LEONARDO F. FONTENELLE ,
MAURO V. MENDLOWICZ  and
MARCIO VERSIANI
LEONARDO F. FONTENELLE
Affiliation:
Anxiety and Depression Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB – UFRJ), Brazil
MAURO V. MENDLOWICZ
Affiliation:
Anxiety and Depression Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB – UFRJ), Brazil
MARCIO VERSIANI
Affiliation:
Anxiety and Depression Research Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB – UFRJ), Brazil
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 34 , Issue 7 , October 2004 , pp. 1367 - 1369
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