Posted by Willful on January 17, 2012, at 10:28:16
For anyone interested in DBS, there's an article in today's WSJ in the Personal Journal Section, the D section, bottom of the front page, "Wiring the Brain, Literally, to Treat Stubborn Disorders."
It reports encouraging results for psychiatric conditions, especially depression and bipolar disorder. (It can also be used as a treatment for a number of other non psychiatric conditions)
For anyone interested it may be available on the website today to non-subscribers. Also however, it's the most widely distributed national newspaper so you may be able to find it at a newsstand.
They aren't sure which brain areas control depression, but an area called Brodmann 25 seems to be strongly associated with good results in many patients. So far there are small numbers of patients involved, but results have been quite dramatic for many of them.
Emsam.
Abilify
Provigil
Rilutek
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