Reduced prefrontal-temporal cortical activation during verbal fluency task in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study

Functional neuroimaging studies by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) have focused on the role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in the pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, the reported areas in the PFC were inconsistent in OCD, and correlations between hemodynamic response and clinical symptoms have not been investigated. This study aimed to evaluate the hemodynamic response related to the verbal fluency task (VFT) and...