Deep Brain Stimulation

"Deep Brain Stimulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Therapy for MOVEMENT DISORDERS, especially PARKINSON DISEASE, that applies electricity via stereotactic implantation of ELECTRODES in specific areas of the BRAIN such as the THALAMUS. The electrodes are attached to a neurostimulator placed subcutaneously.

Descriptor ID	D046690
MeSH Number(s)	E02.331.300 E04.190
Concept/Terms	Deep Brain Stimulation Deep Brain Stimulation Brain Stimulations, Deep Deep Brain Stimulations Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulations, Deep Brain Brain Stimulation, Deep Electrical Stimulation of the Brain Electrical Stimulation of the Brain

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Electric Stimulation Therapy [E02.331]
Deep Brain Stimulation [E02.331.300]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Deep Brain Stimulation [E04.190]

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2005	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	3	0	3
2016	4	0	4
2017	4	0	4
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	2	0	2
2023	2	0	2
2024	3	0	3
2025	1	0	1

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Wu C, Alizadeh M, Kramer MK, Kroen MB, Ziechmann R, Mohamed FB, Wu Q, Johnson CL. Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Deviations are Associated With Brain Stiffness Interfaces Measured by Magnetic Resonance Elastography. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 Oct 01; 29(4):517-525.

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Hines K, Noecker AM, Frankemolle-Gilbert AM, Liang TW, Ratliff J, Heiry M, McIntyre CC, Wu C. Prospective Connectomic-Based Deep Brain Stimulation Programming for Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord. 2024 12; 39(12):2249-2258.

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Hines K, Sharan I, Schaefer J, Fayed I, Atik A, Matias CM, Wu C. Microelectrode Recording During Deep Brain Stimulation Does Not Consistently Represent Lead Trajectory. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 01 01; 28(1):38-42.

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Hines K, Smit RD, Vinjamuri S, Momin AA, Fayed I, Ebede K, Atik AF, Matias CM, Sharan A, Wu C. Learning Curves during Implementation of Robotic Stereotactic Surgery. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2024; 102(4):217-223.

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Fayed I, Syed M, Gingold E, Alizadeh M, Sharan A, Wu C. A Novel and Simple Method Using Computed Tomography Streak Artifact to Determine the Orientation of Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Leads. Neurosurgery. 2023 11 01; 93(5):1036-1045.

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Vedaei F, Fayed I, Alizadeh M, Miller C, Zhang AB, Koa V, Khan S, Mohamed FB, Wu C. Effect of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in Reliable Distinction of Prospective Targeting During Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Study of Deterministic and Probabilistic Tractography. Neurosurgery. 2023 09 01; 93(3):691-698.

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Simpson HD, Schulze-Bonhage A, Cascino GD, Fisher RS, Jobst BC, Sperling MR, Lundstrom BN. Practical considerations in epilepsy neurostimulation. Epilepsia. 2022 10; 63(10):2445-2460.

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Hines K, Matias CM, Leibold A, Sharan A, Wu C. Accuracy and efficiency using frameless transient fiducial registration in stereoelectroencephalography and deep brain stimulation. J Neurosurg. 2023 02 01; 138(2):299-305.

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Gross RE, Fisher RS, Sperling MR, Giftakis JE, Stypulkowski PH. Analysis of Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Targeting in the Stimulation of Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy Clinical Trial. Neurosurgery. 2021 08 16; 89(3):406-412.

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Mohan UR, Watrous AJ, Miller JF, Lega BC, Sperling MR, Worrell GA, Gross RE, Zaghloul KA, Jobst BC, Davis KA, Sheth SA, Stein JM, Das SR, Gorniak R, Wanda PA, Rizzuto DS, Kahana MJ, Jacobs J. The effects of direct brain stimulation in humans depend on frequency, amplitude, and white-matter proximity. Brain Stimul. 2020 Sep - Oct; 13(5):1183-1195.

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