Vol. 29 (Suppl 1) 2008 Neuro endocrinology letters

Psychosurgery: the past and present of ablation procedures.

: Surgical intervention to the brain has a long history, but contemporary psychosurgery started in the mid-1930s. The first psychosurgical operation was a prefrontal leucotomy. In this chapter, a history of psychosurgery is described with a special focus on so-called "ablation" procedures such as anterior cingulotomy, anterior capsuloto.....