Temporal interference stimulation of the nucleus accumbens in obsessive‐compulsive disorder
Binxin Huang, Yulong Cheng, Huaiyue Cao, Di Li, Dongdong Shi, Zhen Wang · 2026
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Binxin Huang and co-authors report in 2026 on a new way to calm the brain circuits behind obsessive-compulsive disorder without surgery. The illness links to faults in brain loops for reward and habit. A deep reward hub, the nucleus accumbens, is a proven target for implanted wires, but surgery is a steep step.
Their method crosses two high-tone currents in the head so they meet at depth as a slow pulse. The pattern was tuned to one patient from brain scans, with set electrode spots and strengths. The patient, still ill after drugs and talk care, got 14 sessions over seven days, each side of the hub for 20 minutes at a time. The team bills the case as an early sign that the method can be run and may ease signs in the short term.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Binxin Huang, Yulong Cheng, Huaiyue Cao, Di Li, Dongdong Shi, Zhen Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |