Patient With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Successfully Treated With Deep Brain Stimulation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Uncinate Fasciculus

Clement Hamani; Benjamin Davidson; Anthony Levitt; Ying Meng; Felipe Corchs; Agessandro Abrahao; Jennifer S Rabin; Peter Giacobbe; Nir Lipsman

doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.05.018

Patient With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Successfully Treated With Deep Brain Stimulation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Uncinate Fasciculus

Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Dec 1;88(11):e57-e59. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.05.018. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Authors

Clement Hamani¹, Benjamin Davidson², Anthony Levitt³, Ying Meng², Felipe Corchs⁴, Agessandro Abrahao⁵, Jennifer S Rabin⁵, Peter Giacobbe⁶, Nir Lipsman⁷

Affiliations

¹ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Ontario, Canada; Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: clement.hamani@sunnybrook.ca.
² Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Ontario, Canada; Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Ontario, Canada; Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Sunnybrook Research Institute, Ontario, Canada; Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 32646652
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.05.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Deep Brain Stimulation*
Humans
Prefrontal Cortex / diagnostic imaging
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / therapy
Uncinate Fasciculus
White Matter*