Alcohol Insensitivity and the Incentive Salience of Alcohol: Two Decades of Work Relevant to Future Directions of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment

Overview

Journal Transl Psychiatry

Specialties Psychiatry
Public Health

Date 2025 Feb 14

PMID 39952968

Authors

Roberto U Cofresi

Thomas M Piasecki

Bruce D Bartholow

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