Deep brain stimulation for severe autism: From pathophysiology to procedure

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Sinha, Saurabh ^a   McGovern, Robert A ^b   Sheth, Sameer A ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Basolateral nucleus; Deep brain stimulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders

Indexed keywords

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84931377262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.3.FOCUS1548     Document Type: Article

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