Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2: Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Madrid 1975

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Front Matter....Pages 2-2
Experiences of Stereotaxic Surgery on Cerebral Palsy Patients....Pages 3-10
Multilocular Lesions in the Therapy of Cerebral Palsy....Pages 11-14
Stereotactic Lesions of the Pulvinar for Hypertonus and Dyskinesias....Pages 15-20
Combined Transtentorial Dentatotomy With Pulvinarotomy in Cerebral Palsy....Pages 21-26
Neurosurgical Treatment of Spasticity and Dyskinesias....Pages 27-39
Long-Term Assessment of Stereotactic Dentatotomy for Spasticity and Other Disorders....Pages 41-48
Long-Term Review of Dentatectomy in Dystonia Musculorum Deformans and Cerebral Palsy....Pages 49-51
New Aspects in the Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Palsy....Pages 53-57
Chronic Cerebellar Stimulation in Spastic Choreo-Athetosis....Pages 59-63
Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis With Dorsal Column Stimulation....Pages 65-66
Percutaneous Rhizotomy of the Articular Nerve of Luschka for Low Back and Sciatic Pain....Pages 67-71
Stereotactic Surgery in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome....Pages 73-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Tomography in Stereotaxis. A New Stereoencephalotome Designed for this Purpose....Pages 77-83
Computerized Graphic Display of Results of Subcortical Stimulation During Stereotactic Surgery....Pages 85-98
A Computer Programme System for Stereotactic Neurosurgery....Pages 99-108
Electrophysiological Set-Up for Data Acquisition and Processing During Stereotaxic Surgery: Demonstration on Pulvinar Units....Pages 109-119
Estimation of the Neural Noise Within the Human Thalamus....Pages 121-136
Technical Factors in Stereotaxic Hypophysectomy....Pages 137-138
Structural, Ultrastructural and Functional Reactions of the Brain After Implanting Yttrium 90 Rods Used in Stereotactic Neurosurgery....Pages 139-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
The Study of Recovery and Modification of the Evoked Potentials and Motor Answers in the Motor System....Pages 151-157
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Modification of Thalamic Evoked Activity by Dorsal Column Stimulation....Pages 159-161
Auditory Evoked Potentials Recorded From Chronic Implanted Gyrus of Heschl in Man....Pages 163-173
The Effect of Graded Thermocoagulation on Trigeminal Evoked Potentials in the Cat....Pages 175-178
Functional Exploration of the Spinomedullary Junction....Pages 179-185
Role of the Amygdala and Hypothalamus in the Control of Gastric Secretion in Human Beings....Pages 187-190
The Effects of Drugs on the Field Potential in the Caudate Nucleus Following Nigra Stimulation....Pages 191-198
The Relationship of Hallucinations to the Depth Structures of the Temporal Lobe....Pages 199-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Observation of Kindling Phenomenon in Treatment of the Pain by Means of Stimulation in Thalamus....Pages 219-219
Electroanalgesia: Stimulation at Different Levels of the Nervous System....Pages 221-221
Anterior Pulvinotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Pain....Pages 223-225
Paraqueductal Mesencephalotomy for Facial Central Pain....Pages 227-227
Late Results of Central Stereotactic Interventions for Pain....Pages 229-229
Stereotactic Cryothalamotomy for Pain....Pages 231-231
Limbic Target Surgery in the Treatment of Intractable Pain With Drug Addiction....Pages 233-233
Advantage and Limits of Intracerebral Pain Stereotaxy....Pages 235-235