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Deep Brain Stimulation

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Electrical brain stimulation has been attempted for several decades in order to try to treat a variety of neurological disorders, including epilepsy. Many cerebral areas have been stimulated, including the cerebellum, hippocampus, thalamus, caudate nucleus, subthalamic nuclei, and locus ceruleus among others. In general, electrodes are positioned on or in the target, and electrical current is delivered. The current is generated by internalized pulse generators (IPGs), which are battery powered. The batteries are placed under the skin in various places, or more recently in the cranial cavity.

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  1. The Chicago Medical School Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, IL, USA

    David W. McCandless

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McCandless, D.W. (2012). Deep Brain Stimulation. In: Epilepsy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0361-6_34

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