OCD).By accurately localizing electrode placement in the brains of patients, the research team from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin was able to identify a fiber tract which is associated with the best clinical outcomes following deep brain stimulation.The findings are published in Nature Communications.A person with OCD experiences unwanted thoughts and behaviors, the urge for which they find difficult or impossible to resist.
More than 2 percent of people are affected by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors which severely impair daily activities.A treatment option for severe cases is deep brain stimulation, a technique which is also used in other disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease.
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