Effect of sliding a cryosectioned brain slice (almost invisible without polarization filters) into a pair of horizontal filters.

Truly mesmerizing data – and a true honor to see diese heiligen Hallen!

We made the tract openly available in our Lead-DBS software and its association with OCD symptom relief has been confirmed by a series of independent articles (for a review see: www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000... ).

Originally, the 'OCD response tract' has been defined in a paper by Ningfei Li et al. (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).

A 26-year-old female with refractory OCD who underwent bilateral ALIC DBS. Initial programming yielded limited benefit for OCD symptoms. Reprogramming based on the 'OCD response tract' led to additional symptom relief.

Of course most exciting for me: cytoarchitectonic proof that the VIM exists (and is not a subunit of VL as implied by the Jones nomenclature).