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This volume is comprised of the majority of lecture presentations and a few select posters presented at the International Workshop, ""Basal Ganglia and Thalamus in Health and Movement Disorders,"" held in Moscow, Russia, on May 29-31, 2000. The International Committee responsible for organizing this workshop included Alexander Konovalov, Director, Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Mahlon DeLong, Chair, Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, Alim Louis Benabid, Chief, Neurosurgery Service, University of Joseph Fourrier, Grenoble, France, and the two undersigned. The workshop was conceived out of a desire to provide a forum for discussions of both basal ganglia-and motor thalamus-related issues by bringing together basic scientists and clinicians representing different disciplines, research directions, and philosophies. The primary goals were to encourage an exchange of information and ideas in an informal environment, to stimulate integration of the data from different disciplines, and to identifY controversial issues and the most essential questions to be addressed in future research.

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Author:   Kristy Kultas-Ilinsky ,  Igor A. Ilinsky
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.758kg
ISBN:  

9781461354543

ISBN 10:   1461354544
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Basal Ganglia Circuitry in Movement Disorders: Historical Perspective and Overview of the Current Status of the Field.- What We Know and What We Have Left to Learn.- Basal Ganglia Circuits in Movement and Movement Disorders.- II. Anatomical and Functional Organization of Basal Ganglia and Motor Thalamic Circuits.- Microcircuits of the Striatum.- Local and Efferent Neurons and Intrinsic Modular Arrangement of the Human Striatum.- Efferent Connections of the Human Striatum and Pallidum: A Nauta Degeneration Study.- Cognitive Aspects of the Motor Function of the Striatum.- Neuroanatomical Organization and Connections of the Motor Thalamus in Primates.- Pallidal and Cortical Determinants of Thalamic Activity.- Physiological Evidence for Spinal Cord Input to the Motor Thalamus.- III. Neurotransmitters, Receptors and their Role in Motor Behavior.- Chemical Anatomy and Synaptic Connectivity of the Globus Pallidus and Subthalamic Nucleus.- Effects of Dopamine Receptor Stimulation on Basal Ganglia Activity.- Physiological Roles of Multiple Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtypes in the Rat Basal Ganglia.- Muscarinic Receptors of the Dorsal Striatum: Role in Regulation of Motor Behavior.- IV. Movement and Sleep Disorders as Related to Basal Ganglia-Thalamic Circuits.- Functional Organization of Brainstem-Basal Ganglia Interactions as Viewed From the Pedunculopontine Region.- Fatal Familial Insomnia: A Disease Model Emphasizing the Role of the Thalamus in the Regulation of the Sleep-Wake Cycle and Other Circadian Rhythms.- V. Plasticity in Movement Disorders.- Plasticity and Basal Ganglia Disorders.- Mechanisms of Subthalamic Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease.- Neurotransmitters and Receptors in the Primate Motor Thalamus and Potential for Plasticity.- MicroelectrodeStudies of Basal Ganglia and VA, VL and VP Thalamus in Patients with Dystonia: Dystonia-Related Activity and Somatic Sensory Reorganization.- VI. Neuronal Activity in Movement Disorders.- Physiology of Globus Pallidus Neurons in Movement Disorders.- Physiology of Subthalamic Nucleus Neurons in Animal Models of Parkinson’sDisease.- The Motor Thalamus: Alteration of Neuronal Activity in the Parkinsonian State.- Neuronal Activity in Motor Thalamus of Parkinson’s Disease Patients.- Electrophysiological Insights into the Motor Control System in Parkinsonism.- Behavior of Thalamic Neurons in the Movement Disorders - Tremor and Dystonia.- The Motor Control Output Forming in Healthy Subjects and Parkinson’s Disease Patients.- VII. Mechanisms and Efficiency of Novel Treatments for Movement Disorders.- How are We Inhibiting Functional Targets with High Frequency Stimulation?.- Is there a Single Best Surgical Procedure for the Alleviation of Parkinson’s Disease?.- Thalamic Surgery for Tremor.- What is the Influence of Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation on the Limbic Loop?.- Microelectrode Recording-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Movement Disorders (First Trial in Korea).- Neurotransplants in Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.- Appendix (Summary of the Transcript of the Clinical Round Table Discussion on Pallidal and Subthalamic Surgery).

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