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Is deep brain stimulation a prospective "cure" for addiction?

Deep brain stimulation has been put forward as a potential “cure” for intractable drug addiction. This is largely based on preclinical studies in animal models of addiction and small case series of positive, but short-term, effects on addictive behaviour in highly selected individuals. The history o...

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Autores principales: Hall, Wayne, Carter, Adrian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculty of 1000 Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3042315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21399761
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/M3-4