Areas of brain damage underlying increased reports of behavioral disinhibition
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Disinhibition, the inability to inhibit inappropriate behavior, is seen in frontal-temporal degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, and stroke. Behavioral disinhibition leads to social and emotional impairments, including impulsive behavior and disregard for social conventions. The authors investigated the effects of lesions on behavioral disinhibition measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory in 177 veterans with traumatic brain injuries. The authors performed voxel-based lesion-symptom mapping using MEDx. Damage in the frontal and temporal lobes, gyrus rectus, and insula was associated with greater behavioral disinhibition, providing further evidence of the frontal lobe's involvement in behavioral inhibition and suggesting that these regions are necessary to inhibit improper behavior.
Date Issued
2015-05-11
Date Acceptance
2014-06-29
Citation
Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2015, 27 (3), pp.193-198
ISSN
1545-7222
Publisher
American Psychiatric Publishing
Start Page
193
End Page
198
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume
27
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2014 American Neuropsychiatric Association. The official published article is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14060126
Publication Status
Published