BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 84-85 , April 2008

From Meduna to ultrabrief: New directions for the oldest brain stimulation therapy

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PII: S1935-861X(08)00009-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.03.005

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 84-85 , April 2008

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