Addiction is a devastating and chronically relapsing disorder. Repeated drug administration induces neuroadaptations associated with abnormal dopaminergic activity in the mesocorticolimbic circuitry, resulting in altered cortical neurotransmission and excitability. Electrical stimulation of specific
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION
✍ Scribed by JENS KUHN; MICHAELA MÖLLER; ULF MÜLLER; BERNHARD BOGERTS; KARL MANN; THEO O. J. GRÜNDLER
- Book ID
- 108599582
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0965-2140
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