The Molecular Neurobiology of Twelve Steps Program & Fellowship: Connecting the Dots for Recovery.

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Published in J Reward Defic Syndr on August 25, 2015

Authors

Kenneth Blum1, Benjamin Thompson2, Zsolt Demotrovics3, John Femino4, John Giordano5, Marlene Oscar-Berman6, Scott Teitelbaum7, David E Smith8, A Kennison Roy9, Gozde Agan10, James Fratantonio10, Rajendra D Badgaiyan11, Mark S Gold12

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA ; Department of Addiction Research and Therapy, Malibu Beach Recovery Center, Malibu Beach, CA, USA ; Dominion Diagnostics, Inc., North Kingstown, RI, USA ; IGENE, LLC., Austin, TX, USA ; RDSolutions, Del Mar, CA, USA ; National Institute for Holistic Medicine, North Miami Beach, FL, USA.
2: Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Boston University School of Medicine, and Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
3: Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary.
4: Dominion Diagnostics, Inc., North Kingstown, RI, USA ; Meadows Edge Recovery Center, North Kingstown, RI, USA.
5: National Institute for Holistic Medicine, North Miami Beach, FL, USA.
6: Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, and Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
7: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
8: Dominion Diagnostics, Inc., North Kingstown, RI, USA ; Institute of Health & Aging, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
9: Biobehavioral Medical Corporation, Metairie, LA, USA.
10: Dominion Diagnostics, Inc., North Kingstown, RI, USA.
11: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota College of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
12: Director of Research, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Educational Foundation, Washington, D.C, USA ; Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Keck, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, CA, USA.

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