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Deep Brain Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
. Ed(S): Tarsy, Daniel; Vitek, Jerrold L.; Starr, Philip; Okun, Michael S.
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hardcover. Offers reviews of the functional anatomy and physiology of motor and nonmotor aspects of the basal ganglia and their connections which underlie the application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to neurological and psychiatric disorders. This book includes chapters on programming, DBS safety with regard to MRI and other electronic devices. Editor(s): Tarsy, Daniel; Vitek, Jerrold L.; Starr, Philip; Okun, Michael S. Series: Current Clinical Neurology. Num Pages: 617 pages, 33 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Chronic deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been a rapidly evolving area of neurotherapeutics since its initial introduction for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor in the 1990s. For these conditions, DBS is now considered accepted therapy for patients failing to adequately respond to m- ical treatment. Since the 1990s, new clinical indications, anatomic targets, and technologies have contributed to an expanding role for DBS in the treatment of other movement disorders such as dystonia and Tourette syndrome as well as for other neurologic disorders such as epilepsy and cluster headache. Early experience has also been reported for psychiatric ... Read more
Chronic deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been a rapidly evolving area of neurotherapeutics since its initial introduction for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor in the 1990s. For these conditions, DBS is now considered accepted therapy for patients failing to adequately respond to m- ical treatment. Since the 1990s, new clinical indications, anatomic targets, and technologies have contributed to an expanding role for DBS in the treatment of other movement disorders such as dystonia and Tourette syndrome as well as for other neurologic disorders such as epilepsy and cluster headache. Early experience has also been reported for psychiatric ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer Nature United States
Number of pages
617
Condition
New
Series
Current Clinical Neurology
Number of Pages
601
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588299529
SKU
V9781588299529
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Reviews for Deep Brain Stimulation in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
From the reviews: "This excellent and comprehensive new book covers the rapidly growing use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. … Written and edited by a group of clinician-researchers in the field, this book will be extremely useful for clinicians wishing to learn about this important new tool. ... Read more