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Brain stimulation: current applications and future prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

Alon Mogilner ,
Alim-Louis Benabid  and
Ali Rezai
Alon Mogilner
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, NY, USA
Alim-Louis Benabid
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Universite Joseph-Fourier-INSERM, 38043 Grenoble, France
Ali Rezai
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, S/80 Center for Functional and Restorative Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Abstract

Advances in the neurosciences and functional neurosurgery have led to a renaissance in the use of brain stimulation technology. A number of intractable neurological disorders can now be safely and successfully treated with brain stimulation. Although this technique was first performed over 50 years ago, it has only now begun to reach its vast clinical potential. This article will provide a historical overview of brain stimulation, describe state-of-the-art clinical applications, and discuss future prospects in this rapidly advancing field.

Keywords

Electrical stimulationDeep-brain stimulationThalamusGlobus pallidusSubthalamic nucleus
Type
Research Article
Information
Thalamus & Related Systems , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , November 2001 , pp. 255 - 267
Copyright
2001 Elsevier Science Ltd

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