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stereotactic radiosurgery

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SRS

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What the tool is doing

The abstract describes SRS as a noninvasive method used for brain lesioning. In this paper it is discussed as an ablative intervention being considered for psychiatric disorders.

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What problem it solves

The abstract frames SRS as part of a resurgence in lesion-based neuromodulation because of its noninvasive and relatively low-cost outpatient nature.

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What it does not solve

The abstract does not present SRS as resolving the neuroscientific, clinical, and ethical risks of irreversible nucleus accumbens ablation.

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Alternatives

The abstract contrasts irreversible lesioning with reversible neuromodulation, which the authors say should be prioritized.

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Evidence Snippets

A recent resurgent embrace of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain lesioning

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Linked Claims

Claim 1attributesupports2025Source 1DOI PubMed

The noninvasiveness and relatively low cost of these outpatient lesion-based methods are key attributes contributing to growing acceptance.

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The noninvasiveness and relatively low cost of these outpatient methods are key attributes contributing to growing acceptance.

Claim 2clinical use contextsupports2025Source 1DOI PubMed

Stereotactic radiosurgery has seen renewed use for brain lesioning, especially for tremor via thalamotomy.

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A recent resurgent embrace of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain lesioning, especially in the treatment of tremor via thalamotomy, builds on this new trend.

Claim 3risk or cautionsupports2025Source 1DOI PubMed

The authors caution that enthusiasm for lesioning using stereotactic radiosurgery may be advancing too quickly for additional behavioral diseases.

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we are worried that enthusiasm for lesioning using SRS may now be getting ahead of itself. This concern stems from the exuberance for using SRS to treat additional behavioral diseases

Claim 4risk or cautionsupports2025Source 1DOI PubMed

The paper argues against premature clinical enthusiasm for ablative stereotactic radiosurgery targeting the nucleus accumbens for psychiatric disorders.

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The aim of this editorial is to caution against premature clinical enthusiasm for using ablative SRS to target the nucleus accumbens (NAc) for psychiatric disorders.