Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens for the treatment of addiction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1282, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-128

  Müller, Ulf J ^a   Voges, Jürgen ^a   Steiner, Johann ^a   Galazky, Imke ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a   Möller, Michaela ^b   Pisapia, Jared ^c   Halpern, Casey ^c   Caplan, Arthur ^d   Bogerts, Bernhard ^a   Kuhn, Jens ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Deep brain stimulation; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; CHLORPROMAZINE; COCAINE; MUSCIMOL;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IMPULSIVENESS; INSOMNIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PSYCHOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REWARD; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84875824010     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06834.x     Document Type: Article

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