Out-of-control sexual behavior in an orbitofrontal cortex-damaged elderly patient

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Poletti, Michele ^a   Lucetti, Claudio ^a   Bonuccelli, Ubaldo ^b  

^a Hospital of Viareggio (LU)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE; CARPENTER; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FALLING; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; IMPULSIVENESS; LETTER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 77952349359     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.22.2.247-d.e7     Document Type: Letter

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