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Spotlight on deep-brain stimulation

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Taking inspiration from a modern technological advance, a classic technique — low-frequency electrical stimulation of a deep-brain region — has been refined to combat cocaine addiction in experiments in mice.

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  1. Alim Louis Benabid is at the Edmond J. Safra Research Center, LETI-Minatec CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble, France.,

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