Activation instead of blocking mesolimbic dopaminergic reward circuitry is a preferred modality in the long term treatment of reward deficiency syndrome (RDS): a commentary.

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Published in Theor Biol Med Model on November 12, 2008

Authors

Kenneth Blum1, Amanda Lih Chuan Chen, Thomas J H Chen, Eric R Braverman, Jeffrey Reinking, Seth H Blum, Kimberly Cassel, Bernard W Downs, Roger L Waite, Lonna Williams, Thomas J Prihoda, Mallory M Kerner, Tomas Palomo, David E Comings, Howard Tung, Patrick Rhoades, Marlene Oscar-Berman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA . drd2gene@aol.com

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