Update on deep brain stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven a powerful treatment for medication refractory movement disorders. Success in this group of patients has allowed preliminary studies of DBS to proceed in severe and medication resistant cases of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette'...

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Main Authors: Herbert E. Ward, Nelson Hwynn, Michael S. Okun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-06-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Subjects:
OCD
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996110000136