New Pilot Study Shows Deep Brain Stimulation May Reduce Severe Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (IMAGE)

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New Pilot Study Shows Deep Brain Stimulation May Reduce Severe Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Study overview. (A) CONSORT diagram of participant recruitment and disposition; (B) Study timeline and procedures; (C) Electrode localization within the core (light blue) and shell (dark blue) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc). In one participant with multiple baseline brain abnormalities, the left deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode appears to be lateral to the NAc in this standard-space template.

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Biological Psychiatry / Gorodetsky et al.

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