Tractography-assisted deep brain stimulation of the superolateral branch of the medial forebrain bundle (slMFB DBS) in major depression - Coenen, Volker A.; Sajonz, Bastian; Reisert, Marco; Bostroem, Jan; Bewernick, Bettina; Urbach, Horst; Jenkner, Carolin; Reinacher, Peter C.; Schlaepfer, Thomas E.; Mädler, Burkhard (NeuroImage clinical, 2018)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Cohort Studies; Deep brain stimulation; Deep Brain Stimulation - methods; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnostic imaging; Depressive Disorder, Major - surgery; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; Female; Fiber tracking; Humans; Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring - methods; Male; Medial forebrain bundle; Medial Forebrain Bundle - diagnostic imaging; Medial Forebrain Bundle - surgery; Microelectrodes; Middle Aged; OCD; Radiology; Regular; slMFB; Stereotactic surgery; Tractography; IPG; VTA; Deep brain stimulation; MRI; VAT; MDD; STN; FT; Fiber tracking; DBS; slMFB; EC; DTI FT; Medial forebrain bundle; Tractography; Depression; MADRS; Stereotactic surgery; Diffusion tensor imaging; OCD; CT; Hz; mA; SNr; μs; DTI; MCP; RN; HF; magnetic resonance imaging; substantia nigra pars reticulata; Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; milli-ampere; mid-commissural point; effective contact; computed tomography; internal pulse generator; Hertz [1/s]; high frequency; micro second; diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; red nucleus; DTI fiber tractography; major depressive disorder; ventral tegmental area; subthalamic nucleus; fiber tractography; volume of activated tissue; DBS, deep brain stimulation; MADRS, Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale; VTA, ventral tegmental area; μs, micro second; CT, computed tomography; EC, effective contact; STN, subthalamic nucleus; DTI FT, DTI fiber tractography; FT, fiber tractography; RN, red nucleus; mA, milli-ampere; IPG, internal pulse generator; MDD, major depressive disorder; DTI, diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; Hz, Hertz [1/s]; HF, high frequency; VAT, volume of activated tissue; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SNr, substantia nigra pars reticulata; MCP, mid-commissural point