the use of deep brain stimulation in psychiatric disorders has received great interest owing to the small risk of the operation, the reversible nature of the technique, and the possibility of optimizing treatment postoperatively. currently deep brain stimulation in psychiatry is investigated for obsessive-compulsive disorder, gilles de la tourette’s syndrome and major depression. this presentat...

The use of deep brain stimulation in psychiatric disorders has received great interest owing to the small risk of the operation, the reversible nature of the technique, and the possibility of optimizing treatment postoperatively. Currently deep brain stimulation in psychiatry is investigated for obsessive-compulsive disorder, Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome and major depression. This presentat...

little is known about the results of pallidal deep brain stimulation (dbs) in dyt6 dystonia. this will be the first report of dyt6 dystonia treated with pallidal dbs from iran. a 21 years old male patient with dyt6 dystonia underwent bilateral deep brain stimulation. the target of dbs was the sensorimotor region of the posteroventralglobuspallidusinternus (gpi). dbs parameters included an ampli...

background : deep brain stimulation (dbs) of the globuspallidusinternus (gpi) is recommended as a promising technique for the management of the primary generalized dystonia (pgd) with dyt1 gene mutation. we present the first report of dbs results in iranian patients with dyt1 positive pgd.   methods : nine patients who suffered from severely disabling dyt1 positive pgd consecutively were recrui...

obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) is a psychiatric disorder manifested by thoughts and impulses that produce anxiety and result in patients performing repetitive rituals. treatment generally consists of cognitive behavioral intervention and serotonin reuptake inhibitors. up to 40% of patients will have functional impairment that significantly affects their quality of life. in the late 1990’s,...

introduction: parkinson’s disease is one of the most disabling diseases which by electrode implantation and stimulation of subthalamic nucleus (stn), much progress has been made in the treatment of drug resistant patient. this new method of neurosurgery may have some neuropsychological side effects on the patients. the main aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of this kind of treatment ...

background and purpose: multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic disease that gives rise to a number of unpleasant symptoms that can be difficult to manage by conventional means. there are some aspects of ms-related disability which can be improved by using deep brain stimulation (dbs); particularly movement disorders, such as tremor. the research aim is to study the effect of dbs on ms tremor with...

background:  assessment  of quality-of-life (qof) as  an outcome   measure   after  deep   brain  stimulation   (dbs) surgery in patients  with parkinson’s disease  (pd) need  a valid, reliable and responsive  instrument. the aim of the current   study   was   to   determine   responsiveness   of validated  persian  version  of pd questionnaire  with  39- items (pdq-39) after dbs surgery in pat...

the technology of neural stimulation in recent years has become the focus of the research and treatment, although it has been around for many years. the potential use of stimulating the brain and nerves ranges from the spinal cord stimulation to the implantations of cochlear and bionic eyes with a large discrepancy between the clinical readiness for these various uses. electrical high-frequency...

methods of modulating brain neural plasticity, improving memory and learning, improving recovery from traumatic brain injury, preventing epilepsy, treating memory disorders, and treating persistent impairment of consciousness in humans and animals by nerve stimulation are provided. widespread loss of cerebral connectivity is assumed to underlie the failure of brain mechanisms that support commu...