This study shows that chronic deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens disrupts long-term stability of inter-temporal preferences in OCD patients.

Journal of Neuroscience · Sep 8, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Temporal discounting in adolescents and adults with Tourette syndrome

Canan Beate Schüller, Ben Wagner, Thomas Schüller, Juan Carlos Baldermann, Daniel Huys, Julia Kerner auch Koerner, Eva Nießen, Alexander Maximilian Münchau, Valerie Cathérine Brandt, Jan Peters, Jens Kuhn

This study investigates temporal discounting in adolescents and adults with Tourette syndrome, finding reduced impulsive choice in adolescents but no differences in adults.

PLoS ONE · Jun 18, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Toward a unified connectomic target for deep brain stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Ningfei Li, Juan Carlos Baldermann, Astrid Kibleur, Svenja Treu, Harith Akram, Gavin J.B. Elias, Alexandre Boutet, Andrés M. Lozano, Bassam Al‐Fatly, Bryan Andrew Strange, Juan Antonio Barcia, Ludvic U. Zrinzo, Eileen M. Joyce, Stéphan Chabardès, Veerle E. R. M. Visser-Vandewalle, , Andreas Horn

The paper identifies a common neural tract associated with treatment response in OCD patients undergoing DBS targeting different brain regions.

Nature Communications · Jul 3, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience