Modulating affect, cognition and behavior – prospects of deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant psychiatric disorders

Modulating affect, cognition and behavior – prospects of deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant psychiatric disorders

Most patients suffering from psychiatric disorders respond to combina-tions of psycho- and psychopharmacotherapy, however there are patients who profit little if anything even after many years of treatment. Since about a decade different modalities of targeted neuromodulation – among them most promi...

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Main Authors: Thomas E. Schlaepfer, Bettina eBewernick, Sarah eKayser, Diane eLenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Subjects:
Deep Brain Stimulation
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
major depression
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2011.00029/full

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