Alternation learning in pathological gamblers: An fMRI Study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Dannon, Pinhas N ^a,b   Kushnir, Tammar ^b,c   Aizer, Anat ^b   Gross Isseroff, Ruth ^d   Kotler, Moshe ^a,b   Manor, David ^c,e  

^a BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alternation learning task; Functional MRI; Orbitofrontal cortex; Pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78751642777     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-010-9109-9     Document Type: Article

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