Brainstem Function and Dysfunction

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Author(s): G. Cruccu and Mark Hallett (Eds.)
Series: Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology 58
Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
Year: 2006

Pages: iii-xi, 3-287
Tags: Медицинские дисциплины;Неврология и нейрохирургия;

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright
Page iv

Preface
Page v
Giorgio Cruccu, Mark Hallett

List of contributors
Pages vii-xi

Chapter 1 Corticobulbar tracts Original Research Article
Pages 3-9
M. Hallett, G. Cruccu

Chapter 2 Head–eye movement control model based on genetically selected neural network Original Research Article
Pages 10-15
N. Accornero, M. Capozza

Chapter 3 Eye and eyelid movements during blinking: an eye blink centre? Original Research Article
Pages 16-25
B.W. Ongerboer de Visser, L.J. Bour

Chapter 4 3D brainstem topodiagnosis – a voxel-based model analyzing MR imaging data Original Research Article
Pages 26-37
Juergen J. Marx, Gian Domenico Iannetti, Frank Thoemke, Sabine Fitzek, Peter P. Urban, Peter Stoeter, Marianne Dieterich, Giorgio Cruccu, Hans C. Hopf

Chapter 5 Functional activity mapping of brainstem nociceptive networks in animals Original Research Article
Pages 38-51
Carlo Adolfo Porro, Fausta Lui

Chapter 6 Brainstem functional imaging in humans Original Research Article
Pages 52-67
Irene Tracey, Gian Domenico Iannetti

Chapter 7 Laboratory and clinical investigations of the region of the rostral brainstem in motor control Original Research Article
Pages 71-84
D. Nandi, N. Jenkinson, J.F. Stein, T.Z. Aziz

Chapter 8 Functional properties of brainstem motoneurons following their reinnervation of native or foreign muscles Original Research Article
Pages 85-100
J.M. Delgado-García, A. Gruart

Chapter 9 The effects of a prepulse on the StartReact phenomenon Original Research Article
Pages 101-109
Hatice Kumru, Josep Valls-Solé, Markus Kofler, Juan Castellote, Teresa Sanegre

Chapter 10 Trigemino-cervical reflexes: clinical applications and neuroradiological correlations Original Research Article
Pages 110-119
V. Di Lazzaro, F. Guney, Z. Akpinar, B. Yürüten, A. Oliviero, F. Pilato, E. Saturno, M. Dileone, P.A. Tonali, J.C. Rothwell

Chapter 11 What the vestibulo-spinal system does and what it doesn't Original Research Article
Pages 120-133
A.M. Bronstein

Chapter 12 Investigation of brainstem: descending pain modulation in animals and humans Original Research Article
Pages 134-149
Didier Bouhassira, Nicolas Danziger

Chapter 13 Neuropathic facial pain Original Research Article
Pages 153-170
Maija Haanpää, Andrea Truini

Chapter 14 Diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia: a new appraisal based on clinical and neurophysiological findings Original Research Article
Pages 171-186
G. Cruccu, A. Biasiotta, F. Galeotti, G.D. Iannetti, P. Innocenti, A. Romaniello, A. Truini

Chapter 15 Pain and itch in Wallenberg's syndrome: anatomical–functional correlations Original Research Article
Pages 187-194
Sabine Fitzek, Ulf Baumgärtner, Jürgen Marx, Felix Joachimski, Hubertus Axer, Otto W. Witte, Clemens Fitzek

Chapter 16 Long-term depression of orofacial somatosensory processing Original Research Article
Pages 195-208
Jens Ellrich

Chapter 17 Laser evoked potentials in primary headaches: a possible clinical or research tool? Original Research Article
Pages 209-220
Massimiliano Valeriani, Domenica Le Pera, Federico Vigevano

Chapter 18 The startle reflex, voluntary movement, and the reticulospinal tract Original Research Article
Pages 223-231
J.C. Rothwell

Chapter 19 Auditory startle responses as a probe of brainstem function in healthy subjects and patients with movement disorders Original Research Article
Pages 232-248
Markus Kofler, Jörg Müller, Josep Valls-Solè

Chapter 20 Neurophysiological aids to the diagnosis of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Original Research Article
Pages 249-256
Josep Valls-Solé

Chapter 21 Recent findings in cranial and cervical dystonia: how they help us to understand the pathophysiology of dystonia Original Research Article
Pages 257-265
Antonio Curr`, Sergio Bagnato, Alfredo Berardelli

Chapter 22 Two physiological aspects of the electrically elicited blink reflex: motor unit potentials recruitment and levator palpebrae inhibitory components Original Research Article
Pages 266-273
Ángel Esteban, Julio Prieto, Alfredo Traba

Chapter 23 Neurovascular conflict and hemifacial spasm Original Research Article
Pages 274-281
M.P. Sindou, G. Polo, C. Fischer, C. Vial

Subject Index
Pages 283-287