Deep Brain Stimulation

Basic principles of deep brain stimulation. - Neural circuits affected by DBS for psychiatric disorders. - Mechanisms of action of SBS for psychiatric disorders. - DBS for obsessive-compulsive disorder. - Obsessive-compulsive disorders in animals. - Subcallosal cingulate cortex DBS for treatment resistant mood disorders. - DBS to the human reward system as a putative treatment for refractory major depression. - DBS in animal models of depression. - DBS in Tourette syndrome. - Surgical treatments for drug addictions in humans. - Manipulating addictive behaviour in animal models. - Neuropsychiatric side effects of DBS in Parkinson' s disease. - Psychiatric aspects of Parkinson' s disease in animal models. - Scientific recordings in DBS. - Neurotransmitter release during DBS. - The potential role of non-neuronal cells in the DBS mechanism. - What are glia? Could they be players in DBS. - Animal studies in DBS research. - Neuroimaging of DBS in psychiatric disorders. - Optogenetic strategies for neuropsychiatric disorders: Circuit-function analysis and clinical implications. - Next generation electrodes for steering brain stimulation. - Future applications: nanotechniques. - Ethical guidance for the use of DBS in psychiatric trials and emerging uses: Review and reflections.