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The Cerebellum, Epilepsy, and Behavior
β Scribed by Ray S. Snider (auth.), Irving S. Cooper, Manuel Riklan, Ray S. Snider (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 401
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
In cats anesthetized lightly with pentobarbital or alpha-chloralose, electrical stimulation of the paramedian lobule of cerebellum resulted in a change of EEG pattern. Prior to stimulation the pattern consisted of h igh-ampl itude slow waves with superimposed low-ampl itude fast activity. In addition, the EEGs of animals anesthetized with chloralose showed "chloralose spikes". Immediately following brief cerebellar stimulation the slow wave activity and spikes disappeared, leaving only low-voltage fast activity. The effect was most pronounced in the contralateral leads from the rostral portions of the cerebrum. Study of the parameters most effective in evoking this effect revealed that stimulation frequency, train duration, and probably pulse duration affected the duration of suppression in a sigmoid fashion, with inflection points at approximately 90 Hz, 2.5 sec, and 1 msec, respectively. Above threshold values, stimulation curΒ rent showed an approximately linear relationship to duration of EEG supΒ pression. The after-discharge resulting from focal electrical stimulation of the cerebral cortex could be shortened by electrical stimulation of the paraΒ median lobule. The effect was essentially the same when cerebellar stimΒ ulation preceded, occurred during, or followed the cerebral cortical stimΒ ulation. The great variability of the after-discharge resulting from cerebral cortical stimulation as well as the variability of the effects of cerebellar stimulation made it impractical to study systematically the parameters opΒ timal for shorten ing after-discharge. Such a study wi II require use of an awake, preferably partially restrained animal with electrodes chronically implanted.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-2
Cerebellar Modifications of Abnormal Discharges in Cerebral Sensory and Motor Areas....Pages 3-18
Changes in Spontaneous Neuronal Firing in Cerebellum Red Nucleus and Raphe Nuclear Complex During Convulsive Activity....Pages 19-36
Cerebellar Influences on The Hippocampus....Pages 37-56
Experimental Cobalt Epilepsy and the Cerebellum....Pages 57-95
Experimental Epilepsy: Cerebro-Cerebellar Interactions and Antiepileptic Drugs....Pages 97-117
The Effect of Chronic Stimulation of Cerebellar Cortex on Epilepsy in Man....Pages 119-171
Parameters Of Motion and EMG Activities During Some Simple Motor Tasks in Normal Subjects and Cerebellar Patients....Pages 173-215
Modulation Of Spontaneous and Evoked Chloralose Myoclonus by Cerebellar Stimulation in the Cat (Relation to Ramsey Hunt Syndrome)....Pages 217-227
Cerebellar Cortical Stimulation Effects on Eeg Activity and Seizure After-Discharge in Anesthetized Cats....Pages 229-244
The Effect Of Varying the Frequency Of Cerebellar Stimulation Upon Epilepsy....Pages 245-256
The Effects Of Cerebellar Stimulation On the Averaged Sensory Evoked Responses in the Cat....Pages 257-275
The Effect of Cerebellar Lesions on Emotional Behavior in the Rhesus Monkey....Pages 277-284
Psychological Studies of Chronic Cerebellar Stimulation in Man....Pages 285-342
Some Ethical Considerations of Cerebellar Stimulation as an Innovative Therapy in Humans....Pages 343-365
Psychosurgery and Brain Stimulation: The Legislative Experience in Oregon in 1973....Pages 367-389
Summary....Pages 391-393
Back Matter....Pages 395-401
β¦ Subjects
Neurosciences
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