Intrusive Thought Patterns

OCD worsens because each compulsion rewires the CSTC loop through Hebbian co-firing, shifting it from ventral to dorsal striatum. See...

In OCD the orbitofrontal cortex overvalues threat, tagging ordinary thoughts as catastrophic. See how lateral OFC hyperactivity drives the compulsion...

SSRIs help only 40 to 70 percent of people with OCD. The reason is a multi-circuit CSTC pattern, not low...

OCD is driven by a glutamate excitatory imbalance, not a willpower problem. See how cortico-striatal loops misfire, and how the...

Fighting intrusive thoughts makes them louder. Dr. Sydney Ceruto explains the ironic-process trap, the hippocampal GABA shortage, and the salience...

Why won't your brain stop signaling something is wrong? Dr. Sydney Ceruto explains the rostral ACC error-monitor circuit driving OCD...

OCD and basal ganglia: how the brain's thought filter fails, why intrusive thoughts pass through the gate, and what restores...