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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Oct 30;354(9189):1526.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02376-4.

Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Clinical Trial

Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

B Nuttin et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Chronic electrical stimulation instead of bilateral capsulotomy was done in four selected patients with long-standing treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. In three of them beneficial effects were observed.

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