Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 4: Proceedings of the 4th Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Paris 1979

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Target Point, Target Volume, “Whole Brain” Stereotaxis: Remarks on Some Present Trends of Evolution in Stereotactic Neurosurgery....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Why, When, and How Surgery of Epilepsy?....Pages 7-11
Surgical Aspects of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Results and Problems....Pages 13-24
Surgery of Epilepsy Based on Stereotactic Investigations—the Plan of the SEEG Investigation....Pages 25-34
Application of Stereotactic Concepts to the Surgery of Epilepsy....Pages 35-54
Long Term Results of Cortical Excisions Based on Stereotactic Investigations in Severe, Drug Resistant Epilepsies....Pages 55-66
Surgical Interruption of the Conduction Pathways for the Control of Intractable Epilepsy....Pages 67-74
From Experiences of Medial Amygdalotomy on Epileptics....Pages 75-81
Neurophysiological Remarks....Pages 83-89
Burr-Hole Electrocorticography....Pages 91-96
Differential Diagnosis Between Temporal and “Perisylvian” Epilepsy in a Surgical Perspective....Pages 97-101
Clinical and Chronotopographic Psychomotor Seizure Pattems (SEEG Study with Reference to Postoperative Results)....Pages 103-112
Stereo-EEG and Surgery in Partial Epilepsy with Temporo-Parieto-Occipital Foci....Pages 113-116
Relationship Between the Location and Delimitation of the Epileptogenic Zone and Surgical Results. A Report of 24 Patients Operated on Using the Technique Described by J. Talairach et al .....Pages 117-120
Medically Intractable Epilepsies of Tumoural Aetiology. Report of 4 Cases Treated According to the Method Described J. Talairach et al .....Pages 121-126
Anterior Callosotomy in Epileptics with Multiform Seizures and Bilateral Synchronous Spike and Wave EEG Pattern....Pages 127-135
Anterior Callosotomy as a Substitute for Hemispherectomy....Pages 137-143
Late Results of Stereotactic Radiofrequency Lesions in Epilepsy....Pages 145-149
Stereotactic Lesions in Primary Epilepsy of the Limbic System....Pages 151-159
The Effect of Medial Amygdalotomy and Anterior Hippocampotomy on Behavior and Seizures in Epileptic Patients....Pages 161-167
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Memory and Learning in Epileptic Patients Treated by Amygdalotomy and Anterior Hippocampotomy....Pages 169-175
Slowing of Scalp EEG After Electrical Stimulation of Amygdala in Man....Pages 177-181
Central Stimulation Treatment of Epilepsy....Pages 183-187
Closing Remarks....Pages 189-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Some Comments on the INSERM Symposium on Stereotactic Cerebral Irradiations Held Friday, July 13, 1979....Pages 195-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Analgesia Induced by Electrical Stimulation of the Brain Stem in Animals: Involvement of Serotoninergic Mechanisms....Pages 201-217
The Current Status of Analgesic Brain Stimulation....Pages 219-227
Biochemistry of Pain Relief with Intracerebral Stimulation....Pages 229-237
Control of Dyskinesias Due to Sensory Deafferentation by Means of Thalamic Stimulation....Pages 239-243
Deep Brain Stimulation in Mesencephalic Lemniscus Medialis for Chronic Pain....Pages 245-258
Electrical Stimulation of the Central Gray for Pain Relief in Human: Autopsy Data....Pages 259-268
Indications and Ethical Considerations of Deep Brain Stimulation....Pages 269-274
Septal Stimulation on Painful and Symbolic Stress. Experimental Study....Pages 275-277
A Study on the Tridimensional Distribution of Somatosensory Evoked Responses in Human Thalamus to Aid the Placement of Stimulating Electrodes for Treatment of Pain....Pages 279-287
Deep Brain Stimulation for Severe, Chronic Pain....Pages 289-293
Chronic Self-Stimulation of the Medial Posterior Inferior Thalamus for the Alleviation of Deafferentation Pain....Pages 295-301
Alleviation of Atypical Trigeminal Pain by Stimulation of the Gasserian Ganglion via an Implanted Electrode....Pages 303-309
Stimulation of Conus-Epiconus with Pisces Further Indications....Pages 311-316
Chronic Cerebellar Stimulation for Cerebral Palsy — Five-Year Study....Pages 317-332
Side Effects and Long-Term Results of Chronic Cerebellar Stimulation in Man....Pages 333-338
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Correlation of Clinical and Physiological Effects of Cerebellar Stimulation....Pages 339-344
Stereotactic Approach to Therapeutic Stimulation of Cerebellum for Spasticity....Pages 345-349
Chronic Self-Stimulation of the Dentate Nucleus for the Relief of Spasticity....Pages 351-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Experimental Percutaneous Approach to the Trigeminal Ganglion in Dogs with Histopathological Evaluation of Radiofrequency Lesions....Pages 363-366
Stereotaxic Aspects of Percutaneous Trigeminal Gangliolysis....Pages 367-370
The Effectiveness of Trigeminal Thermocoagulation for Recurrent Paroxysmal Trigeminal Neuralgia After Previous Intra-Cranial Surgery....Pages 371-376
First Results with Extralemniscal Myelotomy....Pages 377-381
Pain Relief After Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions....Pages 383-389
Rostral Mesencephalic Reticulotomy for Pain Relief Report of 15 Cases....Pages 391-393
Stereotactic Lesions Studied by Computer Tomography....Pages 395-400
Long Term Effects of Stereotaxic Thalamotomy on Parameters of Cognitive Functioning....Pages 401-403
Stereotaxic Clipping of Arterial and Arteriovenous Aneurysms of the Brain....Pages 405-412
Combined Approach (Stereotactic-Microsurgical) to a Paraventricular Arteriovenous Malformation Case Report....Pages 413-416
Investigations Concerning Motor Control in Patients Suffering from Various Lesions of Sensory-Motor Systems....Pages 417-421
Evoked Responses by Physiological Sensory Inputs in Human Central Motor Structures....Pages 423-428
Pisces Stimulation for Motor Neurone Disease....Pages 429-433
Long-Term Results of Posterior Functional Rhizotomy....Pages 435-439
Intraneoplastic Administration of Bleomycin in Intracerebral Gliomas: A Pilot Study....Pages 441-444