Keywords
reward
dopamine agents
dopamine
ablation techniques
substance-related disorders
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Abstract
Ablative neurosurgery for addictions has been an object of investigation from different perspectives, in neurophysiology as well as in psychiatry. New knowledge and new evidence has proven the great importance that exists between different areas of the brain, in which functional activity alters during the development of the addictive phenomenon, that is why it is important to associate the anatomy and neurophysiology of the mesocorticolimbic system in order to develop new surgery techniques, for curative or palliative therapies regarding addiction disease.
In this present review about ablative neurosurgery in the nucleus accumbens, it is analyzed the anatomy and physiology of the limbic system particularly of the nucleus accumbens, and it will be discussed the advantages and limitations of current surgery techniques which may be taken in consideration for future advances in neurosurgical field.
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