A cingulotomy is a last-resort treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder and involves
A) the administration of an electric shock to the brain
B) the administration of anti-anxiety drugs
C) severing a bundle of nerve fibres that connect the frontal lobes with the limbic system
D) inserting an instrument through the eye socket to severe the connection between the frontal lobes and the subcortical structures of the brain
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