Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 10

Neurotransplantation.- Reparative Strategies in the Brain: Treatment Strategies Based on Trophic Factors and Cell Transfer Techniques.- Neurotransplantation: a Clinical Update.- Computer Assisted CT-Guided Stereotactic Transplantation of Foetal Ventral Mesencephalon to the Caudate Nucleus and Putamen in Parkinson's Disease.- Regeneration of Adult Dorsal Root Axons into Transplants of Dorsal or Ventral Half of Foetal Spinal Cords.- Electrophysiological Responses in Foetal Spinal Cord Transplants Evoked by Regenerated Dorsal Root Axons.- Psychosurgery.- Present-Day Indications for Capsulotomy.- Dorsomedial Thalamotomy as a Treatment for Terminal Anorexia: a Report of Two Cases.- Movement Disorders.- Chronic VIM Thalamic Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor and Extra-Pyramidal Dyskinesias.- Tremor Reduction by Microinjection of Lidocaine During Stereotactic Surgery.- External and Implanted Pumps for Apomorphine Infusion in Parkinsonism.- Clinical Evaluation of Computed Tomography-Guided versus Ventriculography-Guided Thalamotomy for Movement Disorders.- Stereotactic Techniques and Application.- Stereotactic Localization Using Fast Spin-Echo Imaging in Functional Disorders.- Accuracy of Ventrolateral Thalamic Nucleus Localization Using Unreformatted CT Scans and the B-R-W System. Experimental Studies and Clinical Findings During Functional Neurosurgery.- Functional Neurosurgery Using 3-D computer Stereotactic Atlas.- Stereotactic Biopsy in Cerebral Lesions of AIDS.- Neuronavigator-Guided Cerebral Biopsy.- A Computer Controlled Stereotactic Arm: Virtual Reality in Neurosurgical Procedures.- Radiosurgery.- Brachytherapy - Interstitial Implant Radiosurgery.- Impact of Stereotactic Interstitial Radiation on Brain Capillary Physiology.-Linac-Accelerator-Radiosurgery.- Radiosurgery for Vascular Malformations of the Brain Stem.- Stereotactic Radiotherapy plus Radiosurgical Boost in the Treatment of Large Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.- Radiosurgery of Cavernous Sinus Tumors.- Gamma Knife Surgery in Acoustic Tumours.- Interstitial Irradiation of Cerebral Gliomas with Stereotactically Implanted Iodine-125 Seeds.- Interstitial Implant Radiosurgery for Cerebral Metastases.- Comparison Between Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Fractionated Radiation for the Treatment of Brain Metastases.- Interstitial Irradiation for Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Malignant Gliomas: Preliminary Results.- Pain.- The Pathophysiology of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain - Abnormal Peripheral Input and Abnormal Central Processing.- Painful Nerve Injuries: Bridging the Gap Between Basic Neuroscience and Neurosurgical Treatment.- What can the Neurosurgeon Offer in Peripheral Neuropathic Pain.- The Possible Role of the Cerebral Cortex Adjacent to the Central Sulcus for the Genesis of Central (Thalamic) Pain - a Metabolic Study.- Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain.- Motor Cortex Stimulation as Treatment of Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain.- Long-Term Results of Stimulation of the Septal Area for Relief of Neurogenic Pain.- An Animal Model for the Study of Brain Transmittor Release in Response to Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Awake, Freely Moving Rat: Preliminary Results from the Periaqueductal Grey Matter.- Preliminary Results of a Randomized Study on the Clinical Efficacy of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Severe Angina Pectoris.- Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Prognostic Factors.- Microsurgical Vascular Decompression (MVD) in Trigeminal and Glosso-Vago-Pharyngeal Neuralgias. A Twenty Year Experience.- TrigeminalNeuralgia: New Surgical Strategies.- Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizotomy and its Selectivity in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Epilepsy.- Intracerebral Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation: a New Tool for the Definition of the "Epileptogenic Area".- Multimodal Imaging Integration and Stereotactic Intracerebral Electrode Insertion in the Investigation of Drug Resistant Epilepsy.- Sub-Occipital Approach for Implantation of Recording Multi-Electrodes over the Medial Surface of the Temporal Lobe.- Multiple Contact Foramen Ovale Electrode in the Presurgical Evaluation of Epileptic Patients for Selective Amygdala-Hippocampectomy.- Radiosurgery of Epilepsy.- Multiple Subpial Cortical Transections for the Control of Intractable Epilepsy in Exquisite Cortex.- Role of the Centromedian Thalamic Nucleus in the Genesis, Propagation and Arrest of Epileptic Acitivity. An Electrophysiological Study in Man.