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2016, Number 5

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Rev Mex Neuroci 2016; 17 (5)

Similarities and differences in obsessive-compulsive symptoms and autism: contributions from neuroscience

Martínez-González AE, Piqueras JA, Pineda-Sánchez D

Language: Spanish
References: 73
Page: 70-82
PDF size: 317.66 Kb.


ABSTRACT

In recent years several international studies have highlighted the importance of common transdiagnostic variables, as well as the high coexistence of disorders and the overlap of symptoms in different mental disorders, especially in children. In the specific case of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, as well as autistic spectrum disorders, they share common symptoms of repetitive behavior. The present study aims to conduct a review to show the similarities and differences in neuropsychological and neuroimaging of cerebral symptoms of autism and obsessive-compulsive spectrums. We conclude that there are common symptomatological aspects such as repetitive behaviors and alterations in executive functions for both obsessive-compulsive and autism spectrum disorders. However, subjects with autism present widespread amendments in the different types of memory, and a decrease in brain activity in different neural structures, while subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder have more specific deficits in nonverbal memory and functional hyperactivity in the frontal and anterior cingulate cortex.


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