Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette syndrome: The Current State of the Field

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 401-406

  Visser Vandewalle, Veerle ^a   Huys, Daniel ^a   Neuner, Irene ^b   Zrinzo, Ludvic ^c   Okun, Michael S ^d   Kuhn, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Globus pallidus internus; Internal capsule nucleus accumbens; Thalamus; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; ELECTRODE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84909595024     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: 22113657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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