Limbic Beta Oscillations Are Evoked by Threat-provoking Cues and Correlate with Subjective Anxiety

Anxiety disorders, including OCD and PTSD, are the most common psychiatric conditions in the United States. Yet, up to 30-40% of patients with these conditions remain resistant to existing treatments. Moreover, the underlying neural circuit abnormalities that underlie these disorders are still poorly understood, preventing us from developing novel treatments. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is currently an FDA-approved treatment for severe, treatment-resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for which anxiety is a prominent symptom (Nuttin, et al.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - January 22, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: A. Lee, H. Dawes, E. Chang Source Type: research