Reply: Oscillatory coupling of the subthalamic nucleus in obsessive compulsive disorder.

Sir, We are very pleased to be given the opportunity of commenting the letter from Wojtecki et al. (2017). They report very interesting data stemming from local field potential (LFP) recordings from anteromedial subthalamic nucleus (STN) in a patient undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for an obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Their findings offer an important contribution to our understanding of cortico-subcortical circuits' organization.

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