Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation for obsessive compulsive disorder: effects upon cells and circuits

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has emerged as a safe, effective, and reversible treatment for a number of movement disorders. This has prompted investigation of its use for other applications including psychiatric disorders. In recent years, DBS has been introduced for the treatment of obsessive-compu...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Sarah Kathleen Bourne, Christine Ann Eckhardt, Sameer A Sheth, Emad N Eskandar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Subjects:	Deep Brain Stimulation Neuromodulation Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cortico-striato-thalamocortical Circuit
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2012.00029/full