Several imaging studies have demonstrated that symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are associated with __________ of the __________.

A. overactivity; caudate nucleus and orbitofrontal cortex
B. underactivity; temporal lobe
C. overactivity; amygdala
D. underactivity; thalamus and hypothalamus


Answer: A

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