Deep Brain Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is the chronic electrical stimulation of selected target sites in the brain through stereotactically implanted electrodes. More than 150 000 patients around the world have been treated to date with DBS for medically intractable conditions. The indications for DBS include movement disorders, epilepsy, and some types of mental illness.

Methods

This review is based on relevant publications retrieved by a selective search in PubMed and the Cochrane Library, and on the current guidelines of the German Neurological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie, DGN).

Results

DBS is usually performed to treat neurological diseases, most often movement disorders and, in particular, Parkinson's disease. Multiple randomized controlled tri

SUBMITTER: Coenen VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980304 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature