Recent Insights into the Neurobiology of Impulsivity

Current Addiction Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-319

  Mitchell, Marci R ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Human; Impulsivity; Neuroimaging; Rodent; Translational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953637766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40429-014-0037-4     Document Type: Review

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