Brain stimulation in the study and treatment of addiction

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-574

  Feil, Jodie ^a,b   Zangen, Abraham ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Brain stimulation; Cortical excitability; Neuroplasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADDICTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; DIRECT CURRENT; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77649180326     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.11.006     Document Type: Review

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