Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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THALAMUS: The human thalamus is a nuclear complex located in the diencephalon and comprising of four parts (the hypothalamus, the epythalamus, the ventral thalamus, and the dorsal thalamus). The thalamus is a relay centre subserving both sensory and motor mechanisms. Thalamic nuclei (50-60 nuclei) project to one or a few well-defined cortical areas. ⋯ Involvement of the basal ganglia is related to involuntary and stereotyped movements or paucity of movements without involvement of voluntary motor functions, as in Parkinson's disease, Wilson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy or Huntington's disease. The symptoms differ with the location of the lesion. The commonest disturbances in basal ganglia lesions are abulia (apathy with loss of initiative and of spontaneous thought and emotional responses) and dystonia, which become manifest as behavioural and motor disturbances, respectively.
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To survey the current monitoring and treatment policies for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI) in Israel, and to compare the management of pediatric and adult intensive care units (ICUs). ⋯ This survey reveals a relatively high degree of homogeneity in the treatment of STBI patients in Israel. Most patients are treated in accordance with recently published literature. We attribute this uniformity to the fact that all patients are being treated within tertiary care, university-affiliated centers. PICUs are faster at implementing new modalities of treatment and tend to adopt more aggressive treatment strategies.