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Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation
This paper briefly describes how the electrical stimulation, used since antiquity to modulate the nervous system, has been a fundamental tool of neurophysiologic investigation in the second half of the eighteenth century and was subsequently used by the early twentieth century, even for therapeutic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2011.00042 |
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description | This paper briefly describes how the electrical stimulation, used since antiquity to modulate the nervous system, has been a fundamental tool of neurophysiologic investigation in the second half of the eighteenth century and was subsequently used by the early twentieth century, even for therapeutic purposes. In mid-twentieth century the advent of stereotactic procedures has allowed the drift from lesional to stimulating technique of deep nuclei of the brain for therapeutic purposes. In this way, deep brain stimulation (DBS) was born, that, over the last two decades, has led to positive results for the treatment of medically refractory Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. In recent years, the indications for therapeutic use of DBS have been extended to epilepsy, Tourette’s syndrome, psychiatric diseases (depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder), some kinds of headache, eating disorders, and the minimally conscious state. The potentials of the DBS for therapeutic use are fascinating, but there are still many unresolved technical and ethical problems, concerning the identification of the targets for each disease, the selection of the patients and the evaluation of the results. |
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spelling | pubmed-31578312011-09-01 Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation Sironi, Vittorio A. Front Integr Neurosci Neuroscience This paper briefly describes how the electrical stimulation, used since antiquity to modulate the nervous system, has been a fundamental tool of neurophysiologic investigation in the second half of the eighteenth century and was subsequently used by the early twentieth century, even for therapeutic purposes. In mid-twentieth century the advent of stereotactic procedures has allowed the drift from lesional to stimulating technique of deep nuclei of the brain for therapeutic purposes. In this way, deep brain stimulation (DBS) was born, that, over the last two decades, has led to positive results for the treatment of medically refractory Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. In recent years, the indications for therapeutic use of DBS have been extended to epilepsy, Tourette’s syndrome, psychiatric diseases (depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder), some kinds of headache, eating disorders, and the minimally conscious state. The potentials of the DBS for therapeutic use are fascinating, but there are still many unresolved technical and ethical problems, concerning the identification of the targets for each disease, the selection of the patients and the evaluation of the results. Frontiers Research Foundation 2011-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3157831/ /pubmed/21887135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2011.00042 Text en Copyright © 2011 Sironi. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article subject to a non-exclusive license between the authors and Frontiers Media SA, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and other Frontiers conditions are complied with. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Sironi, Vittorio A. Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation |
title | Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation |
title_full | Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation |
title_fullStr | Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation |
title_full_unstemmed | Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation |
title_short | Origin and Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation |
title_sort | origin and evolution of deep brain stimulation |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3157831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2011.00042 |
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