Frontal lobe dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression: A clinical-neuropsychological study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Cavedini, Paolo ^a   Ferri, Stefano ^a   Scarone, Silvio ^a   Bellodi, Laura ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Object Alternation Test; Perseveration; Weigl Sorting Test; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Word Fluency Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OBSESSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLITION;

EID: 0032549728     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00153-4     Document Type: Article

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