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Deep brain stimulation in neurological diseases and other pathologies

Neurology Perspectives, 2022
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat various neurological pathologies, being its greatest use in movement disorders. The FDA first approved deep brain stimulation in 1997 to treat essential tremor, in 2002 it was approved ...
G. Marín, C. Castillo-Rangel, L. Salomón-Lara, L.A. Vega-Quesada, C.J. Zarate Calderon, C.D. Borda-Low, J.E. Soto-Abraham, G.A. Coria-Avila, J. Manzo, L.I. García-Hernández   +9 more
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Using Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in emergency clinical situations against patient's autonomy: A case study analysis

Bioethics, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 435-447, June 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we present a comprehensive case study analysis of a specific legal order issued by the Court of First Instance Number 6 of Santiago de Compostela on March 21, 2023. The focal point of the case study is the utilization of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), a specific neurotechnology, in an emergency clinical situation.
Ekain Payán Ellacuria, Aníbal M. Astobiza   +1 more
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Obesity: From a Theoretical Framework to Practical Application

Neural Plasticity, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Obesity remains a pervasive global health problem. While there are a number of nonsurgical and surgical options for treatment, the incidence of obesity continues to increase at an alarming rate. The inability to curtail the growing rise of the obesity epidemic may be related to a combination of increased food availability and palatability.
Raj K. Nangunoori, Nestor D. Tomycz, Michael Y. Oh, Donald M. Whiting, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos   +4 more
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Connectome‐Scale Assessments of Functional Connectivity in Children with Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis

BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE) is a common developmental disorder in children. Previous literature has suggested that PMNE not only is a micturition disorder but also is characterized by cerebral structure abnormalities and dysfunction. However, the biological mechanisms underlying the disease are not thoroughly understood.
Du Lei, Jun Ma, Jilei Zhang, Mengxing Wang, Kaihua Zhang, Fuqin Chen, Xueling Suo, Qiyong Gong, Xiaoxia Du, Xi-Nian Zuo   +9 more
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Recent Advances in Habenula Imaging Technology: A Comprehensive Review

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 737-746, March 2024.
The habenula (Hb) is involved in many natural human behaviors, and the relevance of its alterations in size and neural activity to several psychiatric disorders and addictive behaviors has been presumed and investigated in recent years using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
BingYang Bian, Bei Zhang, ChinTing Wong, Le Dou, XingChen Pan, HongChao Wang, ShiYu Guo, HuiMao Zhang, Lei Zhang   +8 more
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Diffusion Tensor Imaging Studies on Chinese Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
The aim of this study was to explore white‐matter disruption in social anxiety disorder (SAD) patients by using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and to investigate the relationship between cerebral abnormalities and the severity of the symptoms. Eighteen SAD patients and age‐ and gender‐matched healthy controls were recruited. DTI scans were performed to
Changjian Qiu, Chunyan Zhu, Jingna Zhang, Xiaojing Nie, Yuan Feng, Yajing Meng, Ruizhi Wu, Xiaoqi Huang, Wei Zhang, Qiyong Gong, Yong He   +10 more
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Identity Theft, Deep Brain Stimulation, and the Primacy of Post‐trial Obligations

Hastings Center Report, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 34-41, January‐February 2024.
Abstract Patient narratives from two investigational deep brain stimulation trials for traumatic brain injury and obsessive‐compulsive disorder reveal that injury and illness rob individuals of personal identity and that neuromodulation can restore it.
Joseph J. Fins, Amanda R. Merner, Megan S. Wright, Gabriel Lázaro‐Muñoz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status ontyczny osoby z perspektywy neuronauk (The ontological status of a person from the perspective of neurosciences) [PDF]

Analiza i Egzystencja, 2010
Contemporary inquiry of the ontological status of a person is a matter of both philosophy and neurosciences. This article examines the question of person ontology from two interconnected perspectives.
Józef Bremer
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The role of bioethics in the neurosurgical treatment of psychiatric disorders

Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2015
Psychiatric neurosurgery or psychosurgery remains as an alternative for treatment of psychiatric disorders. However, its historical antecedents, the vulnerable specific condition of psychiatric patients, the high cost of instrumentation and the ethic ...
F. Jiménez-Ponce, L. García-Muñoz, J.D. Carrillo-Ruiz   +2 more
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Mechanisms of DBS: from informational lesions to circuit modulation and implications in OCD

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
In 2009, treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) was approved as an indication for deep brain stimulation (DBS) under a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE).
Julia M. Shea, Chaim M. Feigen, Emad N. Eskandar, Nathaniel J. Killian   +3 more
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