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Behavioral Improvements following Lesion Resection for Pediatric Epilepsy: Pediatric Psychosurgery? [PDF]

, 2023
Huy Dang, Abdul Wali Khan, Nisha Gadgil, Himanshu Sharma, Cristina Trandafir, Fatema Malbari, Howard L. Weiner   +6 more
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Using the maternal immune stimulation model of schizophrenia to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of neuromodulation techniques [PDF]

, 2020
The present work used a neurodevelopmental rodent model of schizophrenia, namely the maternal immune stimulation (MIS) model, to study the potency of electrical neuromodulation techniques to ameliorate and even prevent schizophrenia-relevant behavioral ...
Hadar, Ravit
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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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Deep brain stimulation in the media: over-optimistic portrayals call for a new strategy involving journalists and scientists in ethical debates.

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is optimistically portrayed in contemporary media. This already happened with psychosurgery during the first half of the 20th century.
Frédéric eGilbert, Daniela eOvadia, Daniela eOvadia   +2 more
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Ethical issues in deep brain stimulation

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2011
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently used to treat neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease (PD), essential tremor and dystonia, and is explored as an experimental treatment for psychiatric disorders like Major Depression (MD) and Obsessive ...
Maartje eSchermer
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Post-lobotomy epilepsy illustrated by the story of Ellinor Hamsun, the daughter of the famous Norwegian author Knut Hamsun

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2017
In Scandinavia, at least 11.500 people were lobotomized in the period 1939–1983. Beside grave personality changes, the surgery caused epilepsy in 10–35% of the patients. Moreover, many died due to perioperative bleedings, convulsive status epilepticus or
Mia Tuft, Karl O. Nakken
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Warren McCulloch and the British cyberneticians [PDF]

, 2012
Warren McCulloch was a significant influence on a number of British cyberneticians, as some British pioneers in this area were on him. He interacted regularly with most of the main figures on the British cybernetics scene, forming close friendships and ...
Andrew A. M., Ashby W. R., Barlow H. B., Bates J., Bates J., Boden M. A., Cowan J., Craik K. J. W., Craik K. J. W., De Latil P., Heims S., Hodges A., MacKay D. M., MacKay D. M., MacKay D. M., McCulloch W. S., McCulloch W. S., McCulloch W. S., McCulloch W. S., Owen Holland, Phil Husbands, Pias C., Purves D., Shannon C., Turing A. M., Turing A. M., Von Neumann J., Walter W. G., Walter W. G., Walter W. G., Westcott J., Wiener N.   +31 more
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Kilpauk Mental Hospital: The Bethlem of South Asia – A recall of its history prior to 1970

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Period of Custodial Care Only: The magnificent “Institute of Mental Health” has its history almost from 1795 when the East India company appointed Surgeon Valentine Conolly to be in charge of a “House for accommodating persons of unsound mind.” After a ...
O. Somasundaram, Ponnudurai Ratnaraj
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Psicocirugía: historia y situación actual [PDF]

, 2018
[ES] Este trabajo se trata de una revisión histórica de la psicocirugía, desde sus inicios y las primeras intervenciones llevadas a cabo en la primera mitad del siglo XX hasta las indicaciones actuales y las técnicas quirúrgicas disponibles.
Galletero Pandelo, Lucía
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An Interview with Dr. Daniel Callahan, Bioethics Pioneer

Voices in Bioethics, 2016
Daniel Callahan, PhD, is an internationally recognized thought leader in bioethics. A philosopher by training, Callahan co-founded the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institution, in 1969, and has contributed prolifically to the field ...
Voices in Bioethics
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