• Neurosurg Focus · Jun 2015

    Review Historical Article

    Deep brain stimulation for obesity: past, present, and future targets.

    • Derrick A Dupré, Nestor Tomycz, Michael Y Oh, and Donald Whiting.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Jun 1; 38 (6): E7.

    AbstractThe authors review the history of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients for treating obesity, describe current DBS targets in the brain, and discuss potential DBS targets and nontraditional stimulation parameters that may improve the effectiveness of DBS for ameliorating obesity. Deep brain stimulation for treating obesity has been performed both in animals and in humans with intriguing preliminary results. The brain is an attractive target for addressing obesity because modulating brain activity may permit influencing both sides of the energy equation--caloric intake and energy expenditure.

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