A 54-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Office by His

A 54-year-old man is brought to the office by his daughter.  She says that her father has been acting strangely over the past 2 years.  He makes inappropriate sexual jokes, has little regard for social rules, is often irritable, and is borderline aggressive at times.  The patient denies that his personality is any different from normal.  When speaking with the patient, the physician notices that he has minimal verbal output and repeats "it is what it is" when asked questions about his strange behavior.  On physical examination, he appears unkempt but otherwise has no significant findings.  This patient most likely has a condition that predominantly involves which of the following structures?

A) Anterior temporal and prefrontal cortices
B) Caudate nucleus and putamen
C) Locus ceruleus and substantia nigra
D) Mammillary bodies and medial thalamus
E) Medial temporal and parietal cortices
F) Parietal and occipital cortices

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