Richard Bittar

Tractography-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anteromedial Globus Pallidus Internus for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Case Report

Amit Azriel, Sarah Farrand, Maria Di Biase, Andrew Zalesky, Elaine Lui, Patricia Desmond, Andrew Evans, Mohammed Awad, Samuel Moscovici, Dennis Velakoulis, undefined others

Journal article  |  2019  |  Neurosurgery

BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling psychiatric disorder, mainly treated with psychother..

Deep brain stimulation for severe treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: An open-label case series

Sarah Farrand, Andrew H Evans, Simone Mangelsdorf, Samantha M Loi, Ramon Mocellin, Adam Borham, JoAnne Bevilacqua, Scott Blair-West, Mark A Walterfang, Richard G Bittar, Dennis Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: Deep brain stimulation can be of benefit in carefully selected patients with severe intractable obsessive-compulsive di..

A pilot study of bed nucleus of the stria terminalis deep brain stimulation in treatment-resistant depression

Paul B Fitzgerald, Rebecca Segrave, Karyn E Richardson, Laura A Knox, Sally Herring, Zafiris J Daskalakis, Richard G Bittar

Journal article  |  2018  |  BRAIN STIMULATION

BACKGROUND: Studies are increasingly investigating the therapeutic effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to a variety of..

Increased premotor cortex activation in high functioning autism during action observation

Tom J Perkins, Richard G Bittar, Jane A McGillivray, Ivanna I Cox, Mark A Stokes

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

The mirror neuron (MN) hypothesis of autism has received considerable attention, but to date has produced inconsistent findings. U..

Increased left hemisphere impairment in high-functioning autism: A tract based spatial statistics study

Thomas John Perkins, Mark Andrew Stokes, Jane Anne McGillivray, Alexander Julien Mussap, Ivanna Anne Cox, Jerome Joseph Maller, Richard Garth Bittar

Journal article  |  2014  |  PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING

There is evidence emerging from Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) research that autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with g..

Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain and spine metastases

Patrick J Bowden, Andrew W See, Michael J Daily, Richard G Bittar

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Metastases to the brain and spine are common and difficult to treat. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a non-invasive treatment o..

Mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders

Tom Perkins, Mark Stokes, Jane McGillivray, Richard Bittar

Journal article  |  2010  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are developmental conditions characterized by deficits in social interaction, verbal and nonverba..

Neurosurgery for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Contemporary approaches

Renee E Bear, Paul Fitzgerald, Jeffrey V Rosenfeld, Richard G Bittar

Journal article  |  2010  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Surgery for psychiatric disorders has a controversial history. Traditionally, procedures were undertaken to physically disconnect ..

BMP-7 (OP-1 (R)) Safety in anterior cervical fusion surgery

John Leach, Richard G Bittar

Journal article  |  2009  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are increasingly used in spinal fusion surgery. Previous reports of BMP use in anterior cervica..

Peripheral neuromodulation for pain

Richard G Bittar, Peter J Teddy

Journal article  |  2009  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

The past decade (1999-2009) has witnessed a dramatic increase in the use of electrical stimulation to treat chronic, intractable p..