title: Obesity and deep brain stimulation: an overview.
abstract: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been employed to treat a variety of disorders such as Parkinson disease, dystonia, and essential tremor. Newer indications such as epilepsy and obsessive-compulsive disorder have been added to the armamentarium. In this review, we present an initial summary of current methods in the management of obesity and then explore efforts in neuromodulation and DBS as a novel modality in the treatment of obesity disorders.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Constance V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Clifford A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Froelich
authors.affiliation: Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, TN ; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Brandon C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Baughman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN ; Medical Education, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gienapp
authors.affiliation: Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, TN ; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN ; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Karl A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sillay
keywords: DBS; Deep brain stimulation; Eating disorders; Obesity; Restorative neuromodulation