Thalamic Diseases
| Definition: |
Disorders of the centrally located thalamus, which integrates a wide range of cortical and subcortical information. Manifestations include sensory loss, MOVEMENT DISORDERS; ATAXIA, pain syndromes, visual disorders, a variety of neuropsychological conditions, and COMA. Relatively common etiologies include CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; and infectious processes. |
| Also Called: |
Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome |
| Previously Indexed: |
Brain Diseases (1966-1980),Thalamus (1966-1980) |
Thalamic Diseases Definitions and Terms
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