Orbitofrontal cortex dysfunction in obsessive-compulsive disorder? I. Alternation learning in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Male-female comparisons

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-413

  Zohar, Joseph ^a   Hermesh, Haggai ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^a   Voet, Hillary ^b   Gross Isseroff, Ruth ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternation learning; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Orbitofrontal cortex; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; OBSESSION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033199340     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(99)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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