TY - CHAP AU - Robert K. McClure ED - Theo Mantamadiotis Y1 - 2012-02-29 PY - 2012 T1 - Advances in Neuromodulation: The Orbitofrontal-Striatal Model Of, and Deep Brain Stimulation In, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder N2 - In this book we have experts writing on various neuroscience topics ranging from mental illness, syndromes, compulsive disorders, brain cancer and advances in therapies and imaging techniques. Although diverse, the topics provide an overview of an array of diseases and their underlying causes, as well as advances in the treatment of these ailments. This book includes three chapters dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases, undoubtedly a group of diseases of huge socio-economic importance due to the number of people currently suffering from this type of disease but also the prediction of a huge increase in the number of people becoming afflicted. The book also includes a chapter on the molecular and cellular aspects of brain cancer, a disease which is still amongst the least treatable of cancers. BT - When Things Go Wrong SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/37343 DO - 10.5772/37343 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -