Causesofdamagetoneural mechanisms

• these are all environmental factors that trigger changes in our brain (by triggering a gene that controls the levels of a given neurotransmitter OR by directly effecting the neural mechanisms
• is has been revealed that OCD sufferers have.........?

  low serotonin levels

  high activity in the orbitofrontal cortex
• what is the orbitofrontal cortex associated with?

  initiating activity upon receiving a response
• It has revealed that OCD sufferers have low levels of?


  serotonin
• It has revealed that OCD sufferers have high activity where?

  orbitofrontal cortex
• The orbitofrontal cortex is associated with?

  Initiating activity upon receiving an impulse
• What other areas in our brain have been identified as functioning abnormally in OCD sufferers ?

  • Basal ganglia (caudate nucleus)
  • Parrahippocampal gyrus
• what is the basal ganglia also called?

  caudate nucleus
• give 3 causes of damage to neural mechanisms?

  Throat infections

  Lyme's disease

  Influenza
• Definition of neural explanation of OCD?


  The perception of OCD as resulting from abnormally functioning brain mechanisms
• What is Lyme's disease associated with?

  OCD through damage to neural mechanisms