Deep brain stimulation for obesity: Past, present, and future targets

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Dupré, Derrick A ^a   Tomycz, Nestor ^a   Oh, Michael Y ^a   Whiting, Donald ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Compound obesity; Deep brain stimulation; Eating disorders; Functional neurosurgery; Incentive salience

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84931305210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.3.FOCUS1542     Document Type: Review

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