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Treatment of Intractable Anorexia Nervosa with Inactivation of the Nucleus Accumbens Using Stereotactic Surgery

Jing Wang, Chongwang Chang, Ning Geng, Xuelian Wang, Guodong Gao

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery · 2013 · 55 citations · 19 references

Abstract

The results of this study reveal that ablation of the NAc can increase the AN patients' physiological drive to eat. Furthermore, there were no severe and/or life-influencing complications associated with the treatment.

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