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Regional cerebral blood flow — OCR GCSE Psychology Definition

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GCSE Psychology · key term

Regional cerebral blood flow

Definition

The flow of blood through a particular brain region, used as an indicator of activity in that region. Abbreviated to rCBF.

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OCR GCSE Psychology · J203

Paper 1

The researchers aimed to investigate the effect of dextroamphetamine, a drug that enhances dopamine-related activity, on DLPFC activation and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during the Wisconsin Card Sort Test (WCST).
Revise: Daniel et al. (1991): Cerebral Blood Flow in Schizophrenia

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