Case report: 5 Years follow-up on posterior hypothalamus deep brain stimulation for intractable aggressive behaviour associated with drug-resistant epilepsy

• Flavia Venetucci Gouveia,
• Jürgen Germann,
• Gavin JB. Elias,
• Clement Hamani,
• Erich Talamoni Fonoff,
• Raquel Chacon Ruiz Martinez

Affiliations

Flavia Venetucci Gouveia

Corresponding author. Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON, M4N3M5, Canada.; Biological Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Division of Neuroscience, Sírio-Libanês Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

Jürgen Germann

Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Gavin JB. Elias

Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Clement Hamani

Biological Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Erich Talamoni Fonoff

Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine and Integrated Clinic of Neuroscience, São Paulo, Brazil

Raquel Chacon Ruiz Martinez

Corresponding author. Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital Sirio Libanes, Rua Professor Daher Cutait, 69, São Paulo, SP, 01308-060, Brazil.; Division of Neuroscience, Sírio-Libanês Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil; LIM 23, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo, School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil