A preliminary observation of spontaneous neural activities and resting-state functional connectivity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objective To investigate the spontaneous neural activities and the whole-brain functional connectivity(FC)patterns at rest in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD).Methods 40 drug-naive patients with OCD matched the diagnostic criteria of ICD-10(OCD group),and 38 genders,age,education-matched healthy controls(controls group)underwent resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan.