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Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery has become a solidly established branch of Neurosurgery, with a continuous progression because of rapidly increasing knowledge in Neuroscience and technological developlemts in imaging and computer graphics.It is reason to believe that many young neurosurgeons will be excited and strongly attracted by the vigorous developments and advancements expected in Functional Neurosurgery in the next years.This book arises from the contributions of many leading Italian functional neurosurgeons and neurologists and il aims to provide, in a single source, a relatively comprehensive overview of the main aspects of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.ContentsHistoryHistory of stereotactic neurosurgery in ItalyGeneral PrinciplesGeneral principles of stereotactic surgery and intracerebral biopsyStereotactic frames: technical considerationsMovement DisordersThe pathophysiology of basal gangliaDeep brain stimulation for dystonia and other movement disorders: indications and presurgical assessmentDystonia: clinical assessment and surgical treatmentDeep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease and essential tremorTargenting in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s diseaseThe deep brain stimulation of nucleus tegmenti peduncolopontini: a target for Parkinson’s diseaseDeep brain stimulation in Tourette’s syndromeMotor cortex stimulation for movement disordersPainFunctional anatomy and pathophysiology of chronic painSurgical therapy for painMotor cortex stimulation in neuropathic painStimulation of the posteromedical hypothalamus: facts and hypotheses for he treatment of painful syndromes of the face, behavioural disorders and multifocal epilepsySurgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgiaNeurosurgical treatment of neuropathic pain with spinal cord stimulationPeripheral subcutaneous stimulation for intractable painRole of the drug delivery systems in the treatment of painPsychiatric DisordersBasal ganglia and psycho-affective disordersVagus nerve stimulation in resistant major depressionDeep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens in obsessive compulsive disorder: clinical, surgical and electrophysiological considerationsSpasticityThe neurosurgical treatment of spasticitySelective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticityMotor cortex stimulation for post-stroke spasticityEpilepsyPreoperative non invasive electrophysiological evaluation and neuroradiological examination in epilepsy surgeryInvasive preoperative evaluation in epilepsy surgery: Stereo-Electro-Encephalo-Graphy (SEEG)Non lesional epilepsy surgerySurgery for lesional epilepsyFrom resection to disconnection: hemispherotomy and multiple subpial transactionCallosotomyCurrent concepts in vagus nerve stimulation for intractable epilepsyBladder DisordersSacral nerve modulation in the treatment of neurogenic voiding disordersRadiosurgeryStereotactic radiosurgery to date: potentials and limitsRadiosurgery for movement disorderstreatment of neurogenic voiding disorders