Reducing the desire for cocaine with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation

Rouaud, Tiphaine; Lardeux, Sylvie; Panayotis, Nicolas; Paleressompoulle, Dany; Cador, Martine; Baunez, Christelle

doi:10.1073/pnas.0908189107

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Reducing the desire for cocaine with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Dec 28, 2009

Authors:

Tiphaine Rouaud

Sylvie Lardeux

Nicolas Panayotis

Abstract

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a reversible technique that is currently used for the treatment of Parkinson disease and may be suitable for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Whether DBS inactivates the target structure is still a matter of debate. Here, from findings obtained in rats, we prop...

Subject

Subthalamic nucleus

Deep brain stimulation

Addiction

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