Stimulating human brain circuitry may be…
Stimulating human brain circuitry may be useful in addiction treatment, including smoking cessation, Joutsa J, Moussawi K, Siddiqi SH, et al. Brain lesions disrupting addiction map to a common human brain circuit. Nature Medicine. 13 June 2022. This brain mapping study of persons with brain lesions such as stroke supports the idea that has recently gained traction: that addiction lives not in one brain region or another, but rather in a circuit of regions linked by thread-like nerve fibers. The results may provide a clearer set of targets for addiction treatments that deliver electrical pulses to the brain, new techniques that have shown promise in helping people quit smoking. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01834-y.pdf
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