tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post1564891366169412178..comments2024-03-22T00:30:09.536-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: The Neural Correlates of Compulsive HoardingThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-60860881048487571672008-07-27T16:30:00.000-07:002008-07-27T16:30:00.000-07:00El JoPe Magnifico,It's a dysfunctional circuit, th...El JoPe Magnifico,<BR/><BR/>It's a dysfunctional circuit, that's for sure. They cited the Anderson et al. paper on VMPFC and collecting behavior, which<BR/><BR/><I>speculated that these brain regions are involved in modulating subcortically driven predispositions to hoard. This idea is based on the animal literature, which suggests that hoarding behavior is mediated by subcortical limbic structures including the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus and hypothalamus.</I><BR/><BR/>The authors also reported impaired decision-making in the hoarders (based on their performance on the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_gambling_task" REL="nofollow">Iowa Gambling Task</A>, see <A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16846259" REL="nofollow">Lawrence et al. 2006</A>).The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-72035177271709924082008-07-27T10:12:00.000-07:002008-07-27T10:12:00.000-07:00Although the regions are missing in the human lesi...<I>Although the regions are missing in the human lesion patients, and overactive in the OCD hoarding patients....</I><BR/><BR/>Could overactivity be a symptom of that region essentially "spinning its wheels" in its attempts to mediate between other brain regions?El JoPe Magnificohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617337996805999548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-46966264678442735402008-07-27T06:22:00.000-07:002008-07-27T06:22:00.000-07:00Being an OCD sufferer myself I can relate to the h...Being an OCD sufferer myself I can relate to the hoarding side of things, however what I hoard is neatly piled and put a wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com