Low-frequency bilateral hypothalamic stimulation for treatment of drug-resistant aggressiveness in a young man with mental retardation

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 219-223

  Hernando, Virgilio ^a   Pastor, Jesus ^a   Pedrosa, Manuel ^a   Peña, Esteban ^a   Sola, R G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior disorders; Deep brain stimulation; Psychosurgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLORAZEPATE; FLUNARIZINE; GABAPENTIN; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; THIORIDAZINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 46749134343     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000131659     Document Type: Article

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