Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Authors
Nuttin, B Cosyns, P Demeulemeester, H Gybels, J Meyerson, B
Citation
B. Nuttin et al., Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, LANCET, 354(9189), 1999, pp. 1526-1526
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9189
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1526 - 1526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19991030)354:9189<1526:ESIALO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Chronic electrical stimulation instead of bilateral capsulotomy was done in four selected patients with long-standing treatment-resistant obsessive-co mpulsive disorder. In three of them beneficial effects were observed.