BASAL GANGLIA AND THALAMUS:THEIR ROLE IN COGNITIONAND BEHAVIOR -- Contents -- Introduction -- Anatomy of Basal Gangliaand Thalamus -- Regio Superior -- Super-Regio Medioposterior -- Regio Medialis -- Regio Posterior -- Super- Regio Basalis -- Regio Basalis -- Super-Regio Inferolateralis -- Regio Geniculata -- Regio Lateralis -- Subregio Arcuata -- Anatomy of White Matter -- Basal Ganglia Region: Surgical andAnatomical Consideration -- Vascularisation of the "Block" -- Pathology and Clinic of Vascular Lesion: TheNeurosurgery Perspective -- Deep Nuclei and Neoplasm Behaviour -- Surgical Consideration -- Physiology of Basal Ganglia andThalamus Circuits -- How are Basal Ganglia and ThalamusRelated to Cognition and Behaviour? -- Behavioural Conditioning Exerted byBasal Ganglia -- Apathy and Basal Ganglia -- Parkinson's Disease as a Model of BasalGanglia Disruption -- Deep Brain Stimulation of theSubthalamus: NeuropsychologicalEffects -- Liver Diseases and Basal Ganglia -- Basal Ganglia and Language -- Basal Ganglia and Polylinguism -- Cortical or Subcortical Dementia:A Neuropsychological Comparison -- The Thalamus: Its Role in Cognitionand Behaviour -- The Thalamus and the Clinical Reality -- Imaging of Basal Ganglia -- Degenerative Disorders -- Parkinson's Disease -- Infectious Disease -- Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease -- Metabolic- Degenerative Inherited Disorders -- Wilson Disease -- Leigh Syndrome -- Toxic and Metabolic Acquired Disorders -- Methanol Intoxication -- Acute Diabetic Uraemia -- Hyperglycemia -- Fahr Disease -- Carbon Monoxide Intoxication -- Hepatic Encephalopathy -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.