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Electrodos en el cerebro podrían curar la drogadicción

El tratamiento, llamado estimulación cerebral profunda, se ha usado desde hace años para enfermedades neurológicas como el mal de Parkinson.

Bloodied white mesh covers the head of a methamphetamine addict named Yan on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, three days after he had a deep brain stimulation device implanted as part of a clinical trial at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, China. The hope is that DBS will extinguish his addiction, quite literally, with the flip of a switch. Critics say such human experiments are premature and risky, but U.S. regulators in February greenlighted a human trial of DBS for opioid addiction at West Virginia University. (AP Photo/Erika Kinetz)
Bloodied white mesh covers the head of a methamphetamine addict named Yan on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, three days after he had a deep brain stimulation device implanted as part of a clinical trial at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai, China. The hope is that DBS will extinguish his addiction, quite literally, with the flip of a switch. Critics say such human experiments are premature and risky, but U.S. regulators in February greenlighted a human trial of DBS for opioid addiction at West Virginia University. (AP Photo/Erika Kinetz) Erika Kinetz
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