Electrical stimulation of the anterior limbs of the internal capsules in patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder: anecdotal reports
Abstract
Anterior capsular stimulation induces some improvement in severe treatment-resistant OCD patients. At this stage, not all stimulation-induced effects can be explained. The effects are a valuable source for further neurophysiologic and neuroanatomic research. It was reassuring that when the group of Drs Rasmussen, Greenberg, and Friehs in Providence and the group of Drs Rezai, Montgomery, and Malone in Cleveland started to operate on OCD patients using exactly the same technique, similar effects were seen in the patients. The authors still want to stress that anterior capsular stimulation remains investigational and needs optimization, especially to try to solve the problem of the short battery life of the stimulators.
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DBS for obsessive-compulsive disorder showed significant benefit for OCD symptoms with an associated improvement in mood.
“DBS for OCD showed significant benefit for OCD symptoms with an associated improvement in mood [49][50][51].”
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- Authors
- Nuttin, B. J., Gabriels, L., Kuyck, K. V., & Cosyns, P.
- Affiliations
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven (BE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Nuttin, Bart J
- Venue
- Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-04
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 267-274
- ISSN
- 1042-3680 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2051913131
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 4.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neurosurgery Clinics of North America (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Keywords
- internal capsule, obsessive-compulsive disorder, treatment-resistant OCD, deep brain stimulation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Counseling, Electric Stimulation, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index, Internal Capsule
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