title: Nucleus accumbens stimulation in pathological obesity.
abstract: One of the potential treatment methods of obesity is deep brain stimulation (DBS) of nucleus accumbens. We describe the case of 19 years old woman with hypothalamic obesity. She weighted 151.4 kg before DBS and the non-surgical methods proved to be inefficient. She was treated with implantation of DBS electrode to nucleus accumbens bilaterally. Results were measured with body mass index and neuropsychological tests. Follow-up was 14 months. Fourteen months after surgery weight was 138 kg, BMI was 48.3. Neuropsychological test results were intact. The presented case supports the thesis of treatment of obesity with nucleus accumbens stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harat
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, 10 Military Hospital Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rudaś
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine, University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk, Poland. Electronic address: pziel@awf.gda.pl.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zieliński
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, 10 Military Hospital Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Julita
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Birska
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, 10 Military Hospital Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sokal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Deep brain stimulation; Nucleus accumbens; Obesity