Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurological Disorders: Theoretical Background and Clinical Application

✍ Scribed by Toru Itakura (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Chronic electrical stimulation of the brain has demonstrated excellent outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease and has recently also been applied to various other neurological diseases. This comprehensive, up-to-date textbook will meet the needs of all who wish to learn more about the application of deep brain stimulation and will provide a sound basis for safe and accurate surgery. The book comprises two main parts, the first of which presents relevant anatomical and functional background information on the basal ganglia, thalamus and other brain structures as well as on the mechanism of brain stimulation. The second part describes clinical studies on deep brain stimulation, covering results in a range of movement disorders and psychiatric diseases and also important aspects of instrumentation and technique. The authors are outstanding scientists and experts in the field from across the world.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Functional Circuitry of the Basal Ganglia....Pages 1-11
Mechanism of DBS: Inhibition, Excitation, or Disruption?....Pages 13-20
Symptoms and Signs of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders....Pages 21-37
Intraoperative Microelectrode Recording....Pages 39-48
Instrument of Brain Stimulation....Pages 49-60
Surgical Technique of Brain Stimulation....Pages 61-71
Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus for Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 73-86
Stimulation of Globus Pallidus....Pages 87-101
Thalamic Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Clinical Studies on DBS....Pages 103-120
Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia....Pages 121-134
Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor....Pages 135-155
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Pain....Pages 157-168
Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders....Pages 169-181
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Evidence for Limbic Network Disruption via Chronic Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus and Hippocampus Stimulation....Pages 183-193
Complications of Deep Brain Stimulation....Pages 195-206
Back Matter....Pages 207-208

✦ Subjects

Neurosurgery; Neurology