Table 2.

DBS targets for treatment of OCD defined in the literature.

DBS target	References	Number of patients	% Y-BOCS change	AC/PC coordinates	Relative to	Target type	MNI coordinates (Fig. 5)
STN	Mallet et al.66	8	32.1	NA	AC	Tip of the electrode	±11.30 −9.90 −7.81
amGPi	Nair et al.9	4a	NA	±14.47 9.85 −3.28	MCP	Tip of the electrode	±15.66 −1.41 −8.22
VC/VS	Tsai et al.67	1	7.7	±7.5 16.3 −3.05	MCP	Tip of the electrode	±7.92 5.51 −9.01
slMFB	Coenen et al.10	2	41.7 (at 12 months)	±7.6 −1.72 −3.0	MCP	Active contacts	±8.35 −13.64 −7.00
NAcc	Sturm et al.5	4	NA	±6.5 2.5 −4.5	AC	Tip of the electrode	±6.98 3.69 −10.55
ALIC	Nuttin et al.68	6	38.7	±13 3.5 0	AC	Tip of the electrode	±13.84 5.17 −5.04
MD	Maarouf et al.11	4	10.7	±4.7 −18.52 4.87	AC	Active contacts	±5.10 −18.17 2.59
VA	Maarouf et al.11	4	10.7	±6.84 −13.76 7.78	AC	Active contacts	±7.52 −12.68 5.60
iml	Maarouf et al.11	4	10.7	±5.78 −14.9 7.08	AC	Active contacts	±6.36 −13.99 4.85
ITP	Lee et al.69	5	52.0	±6.5 −3 −0.5	AC	Tip of the electrode	±6.92 −1.84 −5.13
BNST	Nuttin et al.70	4	NA	±6 0 0	AC	Tip of the electrode	±6.33 1.39 −4.87

MD medial dorsal thalamic nucleus, VA ventral anterior thalamic nucleus, iml internal medullary lamina, MCP mid-commissural point, AC anterior commissure.

^aTourette patients, with prominent symptoms of OCD.