Stereotaxic Thalamotomy for Pain Relief

Kudo, Tatsuyuki; Yoshii, Nobuo; Shimizu, Shiro; Aikawa, Shizu; Nishioka, Shinko; Nakahama, Hiroshi

doi:10.1620/tjem.96.219

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“…We found pain-responding neurons in the thalamic pulvinar in our animal experiment (Kudo et al 1968;Yoshii et al 1970). Then, the thalamic pulvinar of persons having severe chronic pain was invaded and good results were obtained.…”

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Effects of Unilateral and Bilateral Invasion of Thalamic Pulvinar for Pain Relief

Yoshii

Fukuda

1979

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Effects of Unilateral and Bilateral Invasion of Thalamic Pulvinar for Pain Relief

Yoshii

Fukuda

1979

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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“…Anatomical sup port for this concept comes from M ehler [16] and M ehler et al [15] who showed terminal degeneration in the caudal and medial aspects of the pulvinar following anterolateral cordotomy. Physiologic data by P ogg io and M ountcastle [18] and K udo et al [12] reported that 60 and 22% of the pulvinar neurons, respectively, were responsive to nociceptive stimuli.…”

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An Extralemniscal Projection to the Centrum medianum and Pulvinar of the Thalamus

Zorub¹,

Richardson²

1973

Stereotact Funct Neurosurg

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Electrophysiologic studies in cats were undertaken to determine the possible pathways for somatosensory transmission to the centrum medianum and pulvinar nuclei of the thalamus. The effects of discrete lesions in the various thalamic nuclei, mesencephalic reticular formation and spinal cord on the evoked potentials of the centrum medianum and pulvinar were recorded. It was noted that the centrum medianum and pulvinar had a dual activation from both dorsal and ventrolateral columns of the cord. The ventrolateral column component was mediated by the bulbar reticular formation and is believed to transmit nociceptive stimuli. The findings were correlated with known information about the mediation of acute and chronic pain and are consistent with the concept of a paleospinothalamic system for pain transmission.

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“…It has been reported in the literature that the pulvinar plays a role in the process of pain appreciation [5,6] and motor function in spasticity and involuntary movement disorders [2,3]. However, little is known about how the pulvinar contributes to these different functions.…”

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Distribution of Evoked Potentials on Stimulation of the Human Pulvinar

Fujita¹,

Fujita²,

Shirakata³

et al. 1976

Stereotact Funct Neurosurg

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The distribution of the evoked cortical potentials recorded during stereotactic pulvinectomy is analyzed. The evoked cortical potential shows maximal amplitude in the precentral area, with decreasing amplitude in the parietal and anterior temporal area, and minimal amplitude in the occipital area. The pulvinar has been histologically considered to have dense connections with the parietal lobe and no connection with the frontal lobe. However, our results suggest that the pulvinar has a dense functional connection with the frontal cortex, through which the pulvinar plays a role in motor function.

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Stereotaxic Thalamotomy for Pain Relief

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Effects of Unilateral and Bilateral Invasion of Thalamic Pulvinar for Pain Relief

Effects of Unilateral and Bilateral Invasion of Thalamic Pulvinar for Pain Relief

An Extralemniscal Projection to the Centrum medianum and Pulvinar of the Thalamus

Distribution of Evoked Potentials on Stimulation of the Human Pulvinar

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