TY - JOUR T1 - Das zwischenhirn: Syndrome, lokalisationen, funktionen Y1 - 1949/08/13 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900500056031 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1248 EP - 1248 VL - 140 IS - 15 N2 - 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 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900500056031 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900500056031 ER -