Risk-taking and pathological gambling behavior in Huntington’s disease
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Risk-taking and pathological gambling behavior in Huntington’s disease
Huntington's disease (HD) is a genetic, neurodegenerative disorder, which specifically affects striatal neurons of the indirect pathway, resulting in a progressive decline in muscle coordination and loss of emotional and cognitive control. Interestingly, predisposition to pathological gambling and other addictions involves disturbances in the same cortico-striatal circuits that are affected in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1662-5153
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00103