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Physiology and Pathology of the Cerebellum.
Title:
Physiology and Pathology of the Cerebellum.
Author:
Dow, Robert S.
ISBN:
9780816662173
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1 online resource (692 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Part I. Physiology -- 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION -- 2. ABLATION EXPERIMENTS -- A. Ablation experiments in submammalian forms -- B. Generalized ablation experiments in mammals -- C. Localized ablation experiments in mammals -- D. Isolated destruction of the cerebellar nuclei in mammals -- E. Section of the cerebellar peduncles in mammals -- F. General considerations -- 3. STIMULATION EXPERIMENTS -- A. Stimulation experiments in submammalian forms -- B. Mechanical and chemical stimulation in mammals -- C. Electrical stimulation of the cerebellar cortex in mammals -- D. Cortical and subcortical cerebellar stimulations in unrestrained, unanesthetized mammals -- E. Electrical stimulation of the cerebellar nuclei in mammals -- F. The efferent pathways mediating the cerebellar response -- G. General considerations -- 4. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS -- A. Electrophysiological experiments in submammalian forms -- B. Electrical activity of the cerebellar cortex in mammals -- C. Electrophysiology of the afferent cerebellar connections in mammals -- D. Electrophysiology of the efferent cerebellar connections in mammals -- E. Electrophysiological investigations on the cerebellar nuclei -- F. General considerations -- 5. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CEREBELLUM AND OTHER CENTRAL STRUCTURES -- A. Relation to the spinal cord -- B. Relation to the labyrinthine system -- C. Relation to the vegetative functions -- D. Relation to the cerebral cortex -- E. Relation to sensory functions -- F. General considerations -- 6. DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY -- 7. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE FUNCTION OF THE CEREBELLUM -- Part II. Clinical Symptomatology and Pathology -- 8. THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF CEREBELLAR DISORDERS -- A. Neurological abnormalities in cerebellar lesions and their relative frequency.

B. A classification of cerebellar symptoms on the basis of a functional division of the organ -- C. Disturbances resulting from involvement of the flocculonodular lobe -- D. Disturbances resulting from involvement of the anterior lobe or the medial part of the corpus cerebelli -- E. Symptoms resulting from involvement of the posterior lobe or the lateral parts of the corpus cerebelli -- F. Clinical evidence for somatotopic localization in the cerebellum -- G. Special diagnostic tests useful in cerebellar disorders -- Summary -- 9. THE "CEREBELLAR" SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF EXTRACEREBELLAR LESIONS -- A. Lesions below the tentorium cerebelli -- B. Lesions above the tentorium -- Summary -- 10. CONVULSIVE AND HYPERKINETIC DISORDERS OF THE CEREBELLUM -- A. Jackson's "cerebellar fits," -- B. Cerebellar coma -- C. The cerebellum and myoclonic epilepsy -- D. Palatal myoclonus -- Summary -- 11. DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES OF THE CEREBELLUM -- A. Malformations of the skull affecting the cerebellum (Basilar impression) -- B. Abnormalities in the position of the cerebellum in relation to the skull (Arnold-Chiari malformation) -- C. Complete or nearly complete agenesis of the cerebellum (Aplasia) -- D. Agenesis limited to specific parts of the cerebellum (Partial aplasia) -- E. Underdevelopment of the cerebellum (Hypoplasia) -- F. Malformations of individual folia (Dysplasia) -- G. Effects on the development of the cerebellum produced by specific congenital disorders -- H. Pneumoencephalography as an aid in the diagnosis of cerebellar maldevelopment -- Summary -- 12. ATROPHIC CHANGES OF THE CEREBELLUM AND ITS CONNECTING PATHWAYS -- A. Cortical cerebellar atrophies -- B. Olivopontocerebellar atrophies -- C. Cerebellar nuclear atrophies -- D. Crossed cerebellar atrophy -- E. Hereditary spinal ataxias.

F. Cerebellar changes of a degenerative type associated with specific neurological conditions -- Summary -- 13. ACUTE INFLAMMATORY AND TOXIC DISORDERS OF THE CEREBELLUM -- A. Infections -- B. Systemic diseases -- C. Exogenous toxins -- D. Anoxia and hypoglycemia -- E. Vitamin deficiency -- F. Physical agents -- Summary -- 14. CHRONIC INFECTIONS OF THE CEREBELLUM AND CEREBELLAR ABSCESS -- A. Tuberculosis -- B. Syphilis -- C. Cerebellar abscess -- D. Fungicitic infections -- E. Parasitic involvement of the cerebellum -- Summary -- 15. VASCULAR DISEASES OF THE CEREBELLUM -- A. Occlusion -- B. Hemorrhage -- Summary -- 16. CEREBELLAR TRAUMA -- A. Cerebellar laceration -- B. Extradural cerebellar hematoma -- C. Traumatic hemorrhage of the cerebellum -- Summary -- 17. CEREBELLAR TUMORS -- A. General considerations -- B. Astrocytoma -- C. Medulloblastoma -- D. Astroblastoma -- E. Glioblastoma multiforme -- F. Oligodendroglioma -- G. Ganglioneuroma -- H. Spongioblastoma polare -- I. Neuroepithelioma -- J. Vascular tumors -- K. Dysembryomas -- L. Metastatic tumors -- M. Extracerebellar gliomas and ependymomas -- N. Meningiomas -- O. Sarcomas -- P. Acoustic neurinoma -- Summary -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.
Abstract:
The development of electrical methods of recording activity in the nervous system has greatly augmented our knowledge of cerebellar physiology. Now, for the first time in a single volume, this new information has been related to facts derived from older.
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