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Incentive-sensitization and drug ‘wanting’

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  1. Department of Psychology (Biopsychology Program), The University of Michigan, 525 E. University (East Hall), Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109, USA

    Terry E. Robinson & Kent C. Berridge

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Robinson, T.E., Berridge, K.C. Incentive-sensitization and drug ‘wanting’. Psychopharmacology 171, 352–353 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-003-1602-z

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