Multiple Choice
The underlying pathology of obsessive compulsive disorder appears to be
A) dysfunctional circuitry among the orbitofrontal cortex, structures within the basal ganglia, and the cingulate gyrus.
B) cellular degeneration of the orbitofrontal cortex.
C) excessive activity of the prefrontal cortex and the cingulate gyrus.
D) the absence of neural connections between the cingulate gyrus and orbitofrontal cortices.
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