Table 1.
A selection of conditions in which DBS is being actively researched as a viable treatment option.
| Condition | Area of Stimulation | First Author | Year of Publication | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkinson’s Disease | Subthalamic nucleus (STN) | Deuschl, Xie | 2006, 2015 | [24,25] |
| Globus Pallidus internus (GPi) | Bloomstedt, Baker | 2018, 2010 | [26,27] | |
| Zona Incerta | Bloonstedt, Ossowska | 2018, 2020 | [26,28] | |
| Pedunculopontine nucleus | Thevathasan | 2018 | [29] | |
| Essential Tremor | Ventral intermediate thalamus | Baizabal-Carvallo | 2014 | [30] |
| Zona incerta | Fytagoridis | 2012 | [31] | |
| Dystonia | GPi | Vidailhet | 2013 | [32] |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Fornix | [33,34] | ||
| Ventromedial prefrontal cortex | Mao, Lozano | 2018, 2016 | [35,36] | |
| Hippocampus | Scharre, Chakravarty | 2018, 2016 | [37] | |
| Nucleus Basalis Meynert | Kuhn | 2014 | [38] | |
| Huntington’s Disease | GPi | Velez-Lago | 2013 | [39] |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | Anteromedial GPi | Nair | 2014 | [40] |
| Nucleus Accumbens | Huff, Denys | 2010, 2010 | [41,42] | |
| Anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC) | Denys, Kammen | 2020, 2022 | [43,44] | |
| Ventral Capsule/Ventral Striatum (VC/VS) | Park, Kammen, Greenburg | 2019, 2022, 2008 | [44,45,46] | |
| STN | Kammen, Li, Chabardes | 2022,2020, 2013 | [44,47,48] | |
| Inferior thalamic peduncle | Germann, Lee, Kammen | 2022,2019, 2022 | [44,49,50] | |
| Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis | Luyten, Mosley, Raymaekers, Kammen | 2015, 2021, 2016, 2022 | [44,51,52,53] | |
| Epilepsy | Anterior nucleus of thalamus | Salanova | 2018 | [54] |
| Depression | VC/VS | Malone | 2009 | [55] |
| Nucleus Accumbens | Bewernick | 2010 | [56] |