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SUBMITTER: Rahman AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3895252 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rahman Ardeshir S AS Xu Jiansong J Potenza Marc N MN
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 20130927 3
The behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and behavioral activation system (BAS) are hypothesized to underlie motivated behavior, relate to hippocampal and amygdalar function, and link to pathological gambling (PG). Prior studies have not investigated hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in PG and their relationships to BIS/BAS measures. Structural MRI scans and BIS/BAS and other clinical measures were obtained from 32 PG individuals and 47 healthy comparison (HC) individuals. Volumetric measures of t ...[more]