RT Journal
T1 Das zwischenhirn: Syndrome, lokalisationen, funktionen
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD August 13
VO 140
IS 15
SP 1248
OP 1248
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02900500056031
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900500056031
AB This book is a reprint of two extensive papers which were published in 1947 and 1948 as a supplement to the Helvetica Physiologica et Pharmacologica Acta. It also contains as an appendix a detailed description of the technic used in Hess' laboratory. This part is a reprint of a section of a book by the author from 1932. Since the first paper on the vegetative functions of the hypothalamus had been reviewed previously in this journal (Feb. 21, 1948, p. 587) only a note on the second paper dealing with extrapyramidal functions of the diencephalon is necessary. Stimulation of various diencephalic foci shows specific motor effects such as raising and lowering of the head, rotation of the head, contralateral movements of the foreleg and movements of the face. Coagulation of a diencephalic focus results in movements which are opposite to those seen on stimulation. These movements are interpreted as compensatory