Richard Bittar

Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Mood Effects

Tomas Cartmill, David Skvarc, Richard Bittar, Jane McGillivray, Michael Berk, Linda K Byrne

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROPSYCHOLOGY REVIEW

This meta-analysis examines mood changes after bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in patients with Parkinson's..

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..

Effects of ON and OFF subthalamic nucleus-DBS on prefrontal cortex activation during a cognitive task: An fNIRS study

M Muthalib, M Muthuraman, GK Kerr, LK Byrne, RG Bittar, G Deuschl, S Perrey

Journal article  |  2017  |  Brain Stimulation

Deep brain stimulation: reliable change in executive function and mood

T Cartmill, R Bittar, G Youssef, T Perkins, LK Byrne

Journal article  |  2017  |  Brain Stimulation

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..

The anteromedial GPi as a new target for deep brain stimulation in obsessive compulsive disorder

Girish Nair, Andrew Evans, Renee E Bear, Dennis Velakoulis, Richard G Bittar

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is now well established in the treatment of intractable movement disorders. Over the past decade the ..