Long-term habituation of the smile response with deep brain stimulation.
Human and animal research has shown that the ventral striatum, including the nucleus accumbens, may play a critical role in mediating positive emotions. Recently we described a subject with obsessive-compulsive disorder who intra-operatively exhibited the acute onset of an asymmetric smile and acute...
| Published in: | Neurocase (Taylor & Francis Ltd) Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 191 - 197 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | case study diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2006
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