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Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Frontal Lobe Dysfunction

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International Handbook of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology ((CINP))

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When people talk about the frontal lobes, they often mean prefrontal cortex, which is conventionally composed of Brodmann cytoarchitectonic areas 8, 9, 46, 10, 44, 45, 47, 11, and 12. Other definitions of the prefrontal cortex are based on its subcortical projections: the prefrontal cortex is that which receives projections from dorsomedial thalamic nucleus. Yet other definitions are based on its biochemical projections: the prefrontal cortex is that which receives dopamine (DA) through mesocortical projections.

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Goldberg, E., Bougakov, D. (2000). Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Frontal Lobe Dysfunction. In: Christensen, AL., Uzzell, B.P. (eds) International Handbook of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5569-5_6

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