Articles Tagged With: thalamic
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Thalamic Stroke and Sleep Impairment: An Experiment of Nature
In a detailed clinical and electrophysiological study of sleep patterns in 12 patients with thalamic stroke, comparing them with 11 patients who had extrathalamic stroke, the investigators identified a marked decrease in slow wave sleep activity in the group with thalamic stroke. The clinical significance of this finding is uncertain but may have an effect on daytime cognitive performance.
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Thalamic Pain: Who Is Likely to Develop This Disorder?
In a careful anatomic and physiologic study of patients with thalamic stroke, the authors demonstrated that the combination of anterior pulvinar nucleus involvement with spinothalamic dysfunction predicts a “thalamic pain syndrome” with > 90% sensitivity.