A patient with a resistant major depression disorder treated with deep brain stimulation in the inferior thalamic peduncle.

F, Jiménez; F, Velasco; R, Salin-Pascual; JA, Hernández; M, Velasco; JL, Criales; H, Nicolini

doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000170434.44335.19

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A patient with a resistant major depression disorder treated with deep brain stimulation in the inferior thalamic peduncle.

Published in Neurosurgery • Sep 1, 2005

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Jiménez F

Velasco F

Salin-Pascual R

Abstract

Objective and importance The present report explored the effect of electrical stimulation on the inferior thalamic peduncle in a patient with resistant major depression disorder (MDD).Clinical presentation This report refers to a 49-year-old woman with a history of recurrent episodes of major depres...

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