THE ROLE OF THE THALAMUS IN FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY

This article offers an overall anatomic review of thalamic structures, including cross-referencing of the principal nomenclatures in current use to describe them. Those that have been used as targets in functio nal stereotactic procedures are identified. For these procedures, phys iologic identification of the intended target is necessary, in additio n to stereotactic imaging, to correct for both deficiencies of imaging and individual variations in the locations of structures within their anatomic framework.