Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Chronic electrical stimulation instead of bilateral capsulotomy was done in four selected patients with long-standing treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. In three of them beneficial effects were observed.
Nuttin
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Cosyns
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Demeulemeester
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Gybels
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Meyerson
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D000328:Adult; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric