PMID-12040201[0] Anterior cingulate: single neuronal signals related to degree of reward expectancy
- feelings of increasing anticipation experienced as we work toward a predicted outcome may be traceable to a reward expectancy signal; in OCD, the brain may be 'hijacked' by runaway signals in the reward expectancy circuit.
- brain imaging studies have detected abnormal activation of ACC in OCD
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[0] Shidara M, Richmond BJ, Anterior cingulate: single neuronal signals related to degree of reward expectancy.Science 296:5573, 1709-11 (2002 May 31) |
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