The Addicted Human Brain: Insights from Imaging Studies

Overview

Journal J Clin Invest

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2003 May 17

PMID 12750391

Citations 306

Authors

Nora D Volkow

Joanna S Fowler

Gene-Jack Wang

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