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- noun reduced activation in the
frontal (and especiallyprefrontal )cortex ; One of the common neurological correlates forschizophrenics
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Neurobiology of non-REM sleep in depression: Further evidence for hypofrontality and thalamic dysregulation.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Neurobiology of non-REM sleep in depression: Further evidence for hypofrontality and thalamic dysregulation.
Born to Believe Andrew Newberg 2006
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Common PET patterns reported are reduced frontal metabolism (“hypofrontality”) and abnormal cortical and subcortical metabolic relationships in schizophrenics and manics, mild frontal hypofrontality and abnormal basal ganglia metabolism in some depressives, and increased parahippocampal and septohippocampal or basal ganglia metabolism among some patients with anxiety disorder (399, 405, 536).
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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The large black areas in the scans of Dr. Fallon's brain, labeled "Jim" at far right, indicate very low level of brain activity, called "orbital hypofrontality" in this area.
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