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Important Dates
== Important Dates ==
* about 5000 B.C. the first trephinations were conducted in South America.<ref name="Tuning the Brain">LOZANO, Andres. Tuning the Brain. The Scientist [online]. 2013, Oct 28. Available online at: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38047/title/Tuning-the-Brain/ (Retrieved 12th April, 2017).</ref>
* 1960s - the first attempts of deep brain stimulation were conducted.,<ref name="Tuning the Brain"/> they were abandoned due to high mortality rate<ref>BREIT, Sorin. Deep Brain Stimulation. Cell and Tissue Research, 2004, 318(1), 275–288. Doi: 10.1007/s00441-004-0936-0 Available online at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00441-004-0936-0 (Retrieved 13th April, 2017).</ref>
* 1987 - the research on deep brain stimulation of the thalamic nucleus ventralis intermedius to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease was published<ref>BENABID A.L. et al. Combined (Thalamotomy and Stimulation) Stereotactic Surgery of the VIM Thalamic Nucleus for Bilateral Parkinson Disease. Appl Neurophysiol, 1987, 50, 344–346 Doi: 10.1159/000100803 Available online at: https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/100803 (Retrieved 12th April, 2017).</ref>
* 1993 - deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus was introduced as a treatment of Parkinson's disease.<ref>BENABID A.L. et al. Acute and long-term effects of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 1994, 62, 76–84. Doi: 10.1159/000098600 Available online at: https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/98600 (Retrieved 12th April, 2017).</ref>
