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The development of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders has led to the revival of psychosurgery. This chapter will review some of the pioneer experiments assessing the effects of lesions or deep brain stimulation in various cerebral structures for the treatment of non-motor deficits in Parkinson’s disease, OCD, and impulse control disorders, depression, anxiety, and addiction.
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Baunez, C. (2016). Ablative Neurotherapeutics and Deep Brain Stimulation in Animal Models of Psychiatric Disorders. In: Camprodon, J., Rauch, S., Greenberg, B., Dougherty, D. (eds) Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-495-7_9
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