Anatomy and function of the orbital frontal cortex, II: Function and relevance to obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-261

  Zald, David Harold ^a,b   Kim, Suck Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b N218 Elliott Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029793157     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.8.3.249     Document Type: Review

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