what is the surgery called that removes the cingulum
cingulotomy
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what does deep brain stimulation invovle
placing wires in target areas of the brain
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when the curcuit is on in deep brain stimulation what does it do
interupts the target circuits in the brain such as the worry curcuit
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what is TMS?
transcranial magnetic stimulation
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in TMS where is the large electromagnetic coil is placed
on the scalp near the forehead
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what does the electromagnetic create to go through and stimulate the frontal cortex
painless electric currents
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Dougherty found that up to ... of the patients studied who were previously unresponsive to other treatments were at least partially improved after the cingulotomy
45%
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Greenberg used TMS on how many OCD patients in his study in 1997
12
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greenberg found that giving the patients two frontal site stimulation for 20minutes significantly reduced what
compulsive urges
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what does the capsulotomy remove
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capsule
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what is the surgery called that removes the cingulum
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