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Nucleus accumbens stimulation in pathological obesity
Affiliations- Department of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
- Department of Neurosurgery, 10 Military Hospital Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Department of Sports Medicine, University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk, Poland
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Abstract
One of the potential treatment methods of obesity is deep brain stimulation (DBS) of nucleus accumbens. We describe the case of 19 years old woman with hypothalamic obesity. She weighted 151.4kg before DBS and the non-surgical methods proved to be inefficient. She was treated with implantation of DBS electrode to nucleus accumbens bilaterally. Results were measured with body mass index and neuropsychological tests. Follow-up was 14 months. Fourteen months after surgery weight was 138kg, BMI was 48.3. Neuropsychological test results were intact. The presented case supports the thesis of treatment of obesity with nucleus accumbens stimulation.
Abstract
One of the potential treatment methods of obesity is deep brain stimulation (DBS) of nucleus accumbens. We describe the case of 19 years old woman with hypothalamic obesity. She weighted 151.4kg before DBS and the non-surgical methods proved to be inefficient. She was treated with implantation of DBS electrode to nucleus accumbens bilaterally. Results were measured with body mass index and neuropsychological tests. Follow-up was 14 months. Fourteen months after surgery weight was 138kg, BMI was 48.3. Neuropsychological test results were intact. The presented case supports the thesis of treatment of obesity with nucleus accumbens stimulation.
Keywords
Deep brain stimulation, Obesity, Nucleus accumbens
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Nucleus accumbens stimulation in pathological obesity
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Pages
207-210
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DOI
10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.01.014
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2016;50(3):207-210.
Keywords
Deep brain stimulation
Obesity
Nucleus accumbens
Authors
Marek Harat
Marcin Rudaś
Piotr Zieliński
Julita Birska
Paweł Sokal
