Clinical Neuroscience - 1961;14(05)

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 01, 1961

[Effect of removing the nucleus dentatus on Parkinson's syndrome]

TÓTH Szabolcs

[Three cases of Parkinson's syndrome were treated by removal of the nucleus dentatus. In all three cases, a marked reduction in tone and consequently in rigor was observed. Tremor was markedly reduced in two cases and increased in one case. Where tremor and rigor showed a decrease, the result was durable. Other Parkinsonian symptoms were not significantly altered by cerebellar intervention. After removal of the nucleus dentatus, hypotonia is a true cerebellar dropout symptom, whereas compensatory mechanisms are likely to be involved in the development of the other symptoms. In our cases, we also found that rigor, tremor and hypokinesia are relatively independent and variable symptoms. ]

Clinical Neuroscience

MAY 01, 1961

[Report]

GÁLFI Béla

[Report from the International Symposium on Epilepsy. ]