Book Description:
In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the anatomy, functions, and disorders of the thalamus. Topics discussed include the current use of stereotactic thalamic surgeries that modulate neural activities; innvervation of anterior thalamic nuclei by mammillothalamic tract during perinatal development; thalamic stroke; complex pathology in the thalamus following cerebral ischemia; giantic calyciform synapses in the nucleus reticularis thalami and thalamic changes in temporal lobe epilepsy. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical Press)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Current Use of Thalamic Surgeries for Treating Movement Disorders, pp. 1-31
(Ryoma Morigaki, Shinji Nagahiro, Ryuji Kaji, Satoshi Goto, Parkinson’ Disease and Dystonia Research Center, Tokushima University Hospital, University of Tokushima, Japan, and others)

Innervation of Anterior Thalamic Nuclei by Mammillothalamic Tract during Perinatal Development: Carbocyanine Dye Tracing Study, pp. 33-63
(Irina G.Makarenko, N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Thalamic Stroke, pp. 65-81
(Prakash R. Paliwal, Vijay K. Sharma, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore)

Complex Pathology in the Thalamus Following Cerebral Ischemia, pp. 83-98
(Mikko Hiltunen, Jukka Jolkkonen, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland)

Giantic Calyciform Synapses in the Nucleus Reticularis Thalami, pp. 99-120
(Bertalan Csillik, Elizabeth Knyihár-Csillik, András Mihály, Dept. Anatomy, University of Szeged, Hungary)

Thalamic Changes in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, pp. 121-132
(Chun Kee Chung, Chi Heon Kim, Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, and others)

Index