Deep brain stimulation in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial forebrain bundle in a patient with major depressive disorder and anorexia nervosa

Patric Blomstedt; Matilda Naesström; Owe Bodlund

doi:10.1002/ccr3.856

Deep brain stimulation in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial forebrain bundle in a patient with major depressive disorder and anorexia nervosa

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Mar 31;5(5):679-684. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.856. eCollection 2017 May.

Authors

Patric Blomstedt¹, Matilda Naesström², Owe Bodlund²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience Umeå University Umeå Sweden.
² Department of Clinical Sciences/Psychiatry Umeå University Umeå Sweden.

Abstract

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be considered in severe cases of therapy-refractory major depressive disorder (MDD). However, DBS for MDD is still an experimental therapy. Therefore, it should only be administered in clinical studies driven by multidisciplinary teams, including surgeons with substantial experience of DBS in the treatment of other conditions.

Keywords: Anorexia nervosa; bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; deep brain stimulation; depression; medial forebrain bundle.

Publication types

Case Reports