OCD and DBS

4 important questions on OCD and DBS

What is one of the most well known techniques in the history of psychosurgery?

Lobotomy or prefrontal leucotomia

If you target the Nucleus accumbens how much improvement is achieved in OCD symptoms?

52%

Which is circuitry is the target of OCD?

Ventral motivational(limbic) loop
Consisting of the ventral striatum, amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex
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What happens when NAc is targeted with DBS?

It restores the ventral motivational circuit function

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