Posted by SLS on October 3, 2006, at 21:37:44
In reply to Re: DBS? what is it?, posted by bipolarspectrum on October 3, 2006, at 18:54:45
> also, new research has shown that it seems to work best in melancholic depressives...
That makes sense base upon the brain structure being manipulated. It is involved in the generation of feelings of sadness.
That totally sucks for me, though. I don't have that type of depression.
I still haven't decided where my depression originates, but it comes down to hypoactivity in DLPFC, I believe. Although, hyperactivity in subgenual cingulate produces that too. I don't know if something like this treatment, where disruption of an area of hyperactivity seems to be the mechanism of action, would be be helpful for such a condition of hypoactivity. I really don't know how DBS works for Parkinsons. I guess it really doesn't matter. If no one has started working with stimulating another area of the brain by now, we won't see anything like it in my neighborhood for many years.
- Scott
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