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[[2007]]-[[2009]]

Rechargeable [[neurostimulator]]s for [[deep brain stimulation]] have been available since [[2008]], promising longer [[battery]] life and fewer replacement surgeries compared to non-rechargeable systems.
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The [[NeuroPoint Alliance]] (NPA) was established in [[2008]] by the [[American Association of Neurological Surgeons]] (AANS) to collect, analyze and report on nationwide [[clinical data]] from [[neurosurgical practice]]s using [[online]] [[technology]]. 
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The [[Schramm classification]] system in [[2008]] recognises four types of [[temporal mediobasal tumor]] based on anatomical landmarks, location, and size
((Schramm J, Aliashkevich AF. Temporal mediobasal tumors: a proposal for classification according to surgical anatomy. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Sep;150(9):857-64; discussion 864. doi: 10.1007/s00701-008-0013-7. Epub 2008 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 18726061.)).
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The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Research Society expanded in terms of popularity and membership steadily over the following decade and, on December 17, [[1999]], it was renamed the [[Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society]] with the approval of the Korean Neurosurgical Society. On March 18, [[2008]].
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In [[2008]], Hamani et al reported an unexpected effect of hypothalamic stimulation in a 50-year-old man undergoing treatment for refractory obesity. When stimulation was initiated intraoperatively at the most ventral contact, the patient reported experiencing a sudden sense of déjà vu, recalling a scene from 20 years earlier that became increasingly vivid as stimulation intensity increased. When electrode coordinates were plotted into stereotactic space, the ventral-most contacts were found to be in close association with the fornix
((Hamani C, McAndrews MP, Cohn M, et al.. Memory enhancement induced by hypothalamic/fornix deep brain stimulation. Ann Neurol. 2008;63(1):119–123.)).