Nucleus Accumbens Deep Brain Stimulation Decreases Ratings of Depression and Anxiety in Treatment-Resistant Depression

2009/11/16 by Bettina H. Bewernick, René Hurlemann, Andreas Matusch +14 · 871 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Antidepressant #Anxiety #Brain stimulation #Brain stimulation reward #Central nervous system #Clinical psychology #Deep brain stimulation #Depression (economics) #Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies #Internal medicine #Medicine #Neurological disorders and treatments #Neuroscience #Nucleus accumbens #Psychiatry #Psychology #Stimulation #Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies #Treatment-resistant depression

paper · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.09.013

published in Biological Psychiatry 67(2), 110-116 (Elsevier BV)

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