The History and Future of Ablative Neurosurgery for Major Depressive Disorder
Author(s) -
Matthew Volpini,
Peter Giacobbe,
G. Rees Cosgrove,
Anthony Levitt,
Andrés M. Lozano,
Nir Lipsman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1423-0372
pISSN - 1011-6125
DOI - 10.1159/000478025
Subject(s) - ablative case , medicine , neurosurgery , deep brain stimulation , depression (economics) , treatment resistant depression , major depressive disorder , focused ultrasound , mood , psychiatry , radiation therapy , radiology , ultrasound , economics , disease , parkinson's disease , macroeconomics
There is an urgent need to develop safe and effective treatments for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Several neurosurgical procedures have been developed to treat the dysfunctional brain circuits implicated in major depression.
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