Charged by GSK investment, battery of electroceuticals advance

Developed in the early 1980s, deep brain stimulation is now standard therapy for Parkinson's as well as for treatment-resistant depression. At this months World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society, researchers will present data that may extend the strategy of electrostimulatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature medicine 2013-06, Vol.19 (6), p.654-654
1. Verfasser: Sinha, Gunjan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Developed in the early 1980s, deep brain stimulation is now standard therapy for Parkinson's as well as for treatment-resistant depression. At this months World Congress of the International Neuromodulation Society, researchers will present data that may extend the strategy of electrostimulation to complex pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia and refractory angina.
ISSN:1078-8956
1546-170X
DOI:10.1038/nm0613-654