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The Orbitofrontal Cortex
Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198845997
'The Orbitofrontal Cortex' explores a part of the brain that is
important in human emotion, pleasure, decision-making, valuation, and
personality. In ten chapters the book describes:
· The connections of the orbitofrontal cortex;
· Its neuron level neurophysiology which is essential for understanding
what information is represented in the orbitofrontal cortex;
· Functional neuroimaging of the orbitofrontal cortex;
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How it relates to the previous and succeeding areas in brain
processing, including the inferior temporal cortex, primary taste
cortex, amygdala, cingulate cortex, and basal ganglia including the
dopamine system;
· The effects of damage to the orbitofrontal cortex in primates including humans which provides
important evidence about its functions;
· How the orbitofrontal cortex is involved in psychiatric disorders
including depression, bipolar disorder, and autism;
· How and what the orbitofrontal cortex computes;
· Future directions in understanding the functions of the orbitofrontal
cortex in health and disease.
The book is unique in providing a coherent multidisciplinary approach
to understanding the functions of one of the most interesting regions
of the human brain, in both health and in disease, including depression.
The Orbitofrontal Cortex will be valuable for those in the fields of
neuroscience, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, biology, animal
behaviour, economics, and philosophy, from the undergraduate level
upwards, and including clinicians.
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