From prefrontal leukotomy to deep brain stimulation: The historical transformation of psychosurgery and the emergence of neuroethics

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wind, Joshua J ^a   Anderson, Douglas E ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Neuroethics; Psychosurgery; Vagus nerve stimulation Department of Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ETHICS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSURGERY; VAGUS NERVE;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSURGERY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 52049109909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/7/E10     Document Type: Article

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