Deep brain stimulation in the nucleus accumbens for intractable Tourette's syndrome: follow-up report of 36 months

Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Feb 15;65(4):e5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.09.030. Epub 2008 Nov 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Deep Brain Stimulation*
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Nucleus Accumbens / physiology*
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / complications
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy
  • Self Mutilation / etiology
  • Self Mutilation / psychology
  • Tourette Syndrome / complications
  • Tourette Syndrome / psychology
  • Tourette Syndrome / therapy*