Albert Fenoy: Deep brain stimulation for depression – experience in the reward system
| When |
Nov 15, 2023
from 05:15 PM to 06:15 PM |
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| Where | Hybrid: University Medical Center Freiburg, Neurocenter main floor, seminar rooms No. 1 + 2 (rooms no. 1.349 + 351), Breisacher Straße 64, 79106 Freiburg and online |
| Contact Name | Prof. Dr. Andreas Harloff |
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The talk will take place as "hybrid-event": online via Webex and in person
The link for the Webex video conference and the certificate of attendance will be sent to you after registration. For registration please send an e-mail to Dorina El Ouimi dorina.el.ouimi@uniklinik-freiburg.de
About the speaker
Dr. Fenoy is a very experienced Neurosurgeon from New York and successfully has been
researching the use of DBS in the medial forebrain bundle (slMFB) to treat major depression for quite some time. Dr. Fenoy has only recently changed his position to become the Director of the Functional Neurosurgery program at Northwell Health.
References: (1–3)
1. Fenoy AJ, Schulz PE, Selvaraj S, Burrows CL, Zunta-Soares G, Durkin K, et al. A
longitudinal study on deep brain stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle for
treatment-resistant depression. Translational psychiatry. 2018 May 30;8(1):1–11.
2. Fenoy AJ, Schulz PE, Sanches M, Selvaraj S, Burrows CL, Asir B, et al. Deep brain
stimulation of the “medial forebrain bundle”: sustained efficacy of antidepressant effect over
years. Mol Psychiatr. 2022;27(5):2546–53.
3. Fenoy AJ, Quevedo J, Soares JC. Discontinuation of deep brain stimulation to the medial
forebrain bundle leads to depression relapse: considerations when reinstating stimulation.
Mol Psychiatr. 2023;1–3.
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