Remission of Major Depression Under Deep Brain Stimulation of the Lateral Habenula in a Therapy-Refractory Patient

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sartorius, Alexander ^a   Kiening, Karl L ^b   Kirsch, Peter ^a   von Gall, Carl C ^c   Haberkorn, Uwe ^c   Unterberg, Andreas W ^b   Henn, Fritz A ^d   Meyer Lindenberg, Andreas ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HABENULA; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HABENULA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71649109149     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.027     Document Type: Letter

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