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| | Method of treating depression, mood disorders and anxiety disorders using neuromodulation patent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | According to one embodiment of the invention, the stimulation modulates areas of the brain that exhibit altered activity in patients relative to psychiatrically normal control subjects, thereby treating or preventing affective disorders, for example depression and/or anxiety disorders. |
 | | A subcallosal area includes, but is not limited to subgenual cingulate area, subcallosal gyrus area, ventral/medial prefrontal cortex area, ventral/medial white matter, Brodmann area 24, Brodmann area 25, and/or Brodmann area 10. |
 | | Yet further, stimulation of a subcallosal area may result in modulation of neuronal activity of other areas of the brain, for example, Brodmann area, 24, Brodmann area 25, Brodmann area 10, Brodmann area 9, the hypothalamus and the brain stem. |
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