"Psychosurgery" 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.
Treatment of chronic, severe and intractable psychiatric disorders by surgical removal or interruption of certain areas or pathways in the brain, especially in the prefrontal lobes.
| Descriptor ID |
D011612
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.600 F04.570.630
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukotomy- Leukotomy
- Leukotomies
- Leucotomy
- Leucotomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Psychosurgery" by people in Profiles.
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De Ridder D, Vanneste S, Gillett G, Manning P, Glue P, Langguth B. Psychosurgery Reduces Uncertainty and Increases Free Will? A Review. Neuromodulation. 2016 Apr; 19(3):239-48.
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Asadi-Pooya AA. Commissural reconnection: a possible reason for failure of corpus callosotomy in refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Jan; 42:2.
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Asadi-Pooya AA, Malekmohamadi Z, Kamgarpour A, Rakei SM, Taghipour M, Ashjazadeh N, Inaloo S, Razmkon A, Zare Z. Corpus callosotomy is a valuable therapeutic option for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and medically refractory seizures. Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Nov; 29(2):285-8.