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RESULTS OF CEREBRAL SURGERY FOR MOTOR DISORDERS *
Author(s) -
BATES JOHN A. V.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1959.tb08844.x
Subject(s) - lesion , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , movement disorders , motor impairment , disease , psychology , neuroscience , surgery , pathology
SUMMARY Following a chance observation, it has been discovered that the destruction of nervous tissue deep in the cerebral hemisphere can relieve tremor and rigidity on the contralateral side in some cases of Parkinson's disease, without impairing motor performance. There are many possible explanations for this, and six are briefly reviewed here, but the full significance of this knowledge will only be realised when post‐mortem studies of the lesion in successful and unsuccessful cases are available.