Current status of deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a clinical review of different targets

PP de Koning, M Figee, P van den Munckhof… - Current psychiatry …, 2011 - Springer
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder that affects 2% of the
general population. Despite optimal cognitive-behavioral and pharmacologic therapy …

Treatment-resistant depression and suicidality

IO Bergfeld, M Mantione, M Figee… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Thirty percent of patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) attempt
suicide at least once during their lifetime. However, it is unclear what the attempted and …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of continuous thalamic stimulation and thalamotomy for suppression of severe tremor

PR Schuurman, DA Bosch, PMM Bossuyt… - … England Journal of …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Deep-brain stimulation through an electrode implanted in the thalamus was
developed as an alternative to thalamotomy for the treatment of drug-resistant tremor …

[PDF][PDF] Directional leads for deep brain stimulation: Opportunities and challenges.

M Schüpbach, S Chabardes, C Matthies, C Pollo… - Movement …, 2017 - boris.unibe.ch
During the past three decades, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become an established
treatment for movement disorders and other indications with more than 120,000 patients …

Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis

FA Koopman, SS Chavan, S Miljko… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a heterogeneous, prevalent, chronic autoimmune disease
characterized by painful swollen joints and significant disabilities. Symptomatic relief can be …

Subthalamic nucleus versus globus pallidus bilateral deep brain stimulation for advanced Parkinson's disease (NSTAPS study): a randomised controlled trial

VJJ Odekerken, T van Laar, MJ Staal, A Mosch… - The Lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Patients with advanced Parkinson's disease often have rapid swings
between mobility and immobility, and many respond unsatisfactorily to adjustments in …

Deep brain stimulation restores frontostriatal network activity in obsessive-compulsive disorder

M Figee, J Luigjes, R Smolders… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Little is known about the underlying neural mechanism of deep brain stimulation (DBS). We
found that DBS targeted at the nucleus accumbens (NAc) normalized NAc activity, reduced …

GPi vs STN deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: three-year follow-up

VJJ Odekerken, JA Boel, BA Schmand, RJ de Haan… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare motor symptoms, cognition, mood, and behavior 3 years after deep
brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus pars interna (GPi) and subthalamic nucleus …

Long‐term follow‐up of thalamic stimulation versus thalamotomy for tremor suppression

PR Schuurman, DA Bosch, MP Merkus… - … : official journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Thalamic stimulation and thalamotomy for treatment of tremor due to Parkinson's disease,
essential tremor, and multiple sclerosis were compared in a randomized trial. The …

Predictors of cognitive and psychosocial outcome after STN DBS in Parkinson's Disease

HMM Smeding, JD Speelman, HM Huizenga… - Journal of Neurology …, 2011 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To find predictors of cognitive decline and quality of life 1 year after bilateral
subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) …