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Neuropsychopharmacology and neurogenetic aspects of executive functioning: should reward gene polymorphisms constitute a diagnostic tool to identify individuals at risk for impaired judgment?
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Apr 2012
Bowirrat Abdalla, Chen Thomas J H, Oscar-Berman Marlene, Madigan Margaret, Chen Amanda Lh, Bailey John A, Braverman Eric R, Kerner Mallory, Giordano John, Morse Siobhan, Downs B William, Waite Roger L, Fornari Frank, Armaly Zaher, Blum Kenneth
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Executive functions are processes that act in harmony to control behaviors necessary for maintaining focus and achieving outcomes. Executive dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders is attributed to structural or functional pathology of brain networks involving prefrontal cortex (PFC) and its connections with other brain regions. The PFC receives innervations from different neurons associated with a number of...
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