Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of addiction

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1536-1537

  Kuhn, Jens ^a   Möller, Michaela ^a   Müller, Ulf ^b   Bogerts, Bernhard ^b   Mann, Karl ^c   Gründler, Theo O J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; NOTE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 79960223751     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03452.x     Document Type: Letter

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