Pathological Gambling: Neurobiology and Pharmacological Treatment
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[Neurobiology of pathological gambling].
Approximately one third of problem gamblers in Finland suffer from pathological gambling. An essential factor affecting the genesis of pathological gambling is a dysfunction of the dopaminergic reward system. It may be associated with the pleasure arising from gambling along with the reward and expectance of reward. In Parkinsons's disease patients receiving dopaminergic medication, pathologica...
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تاریخ انتشار 2004