Ashley N. Gearhardt, Carlos M. Grilo, Ralph J. DiLeone, Kelly D. Brownell, Marc N. Potenza
Article first published online: 14 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03301.x
© 2011 The Authors, Addiction © 2011 Society for the Study of Addiction
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COMMENTS: This study shows that pathological gamblers have alterations in the functioning of the frontal cortex. Could probably be described as hypofrontality. The decrease functioning of the frontal cortex is associated with impulse control problems.
Brain Imaging Behav. 2011 Mar;5(1):45-51.
Dannon PN, Kushnir T, Aizer A, Gross-Isseroff R, Kotler M, Manor D.
Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov, Israel. [email protected]
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Neuropsychopharmacology (2007) 32, 1678–1686; doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301295; published online 3 January 2007, Martin Zack1,2,3 and Constantine X Poulos4, Correspondence: Dr M Zack, Clinical Neuroscience Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2S1.
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