Underactive region in brain linked to OCD
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 15:35
in Psychology & Sociology
British researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that an area of the brain that regulates habitual behaviour is under-activated in people with obsessive compulsive disorder and their close family members.
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