PULVINECTOMY: A PRELIMINARY REPORT*

Authors :: I. Amin
Irving S. Cooper
Joseph M. Waltz
S. Fujita
Source :: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 19:553-554
Publication Year :: 1971
Publisher :: Wiley, 1971.
Abstract: Based on the results of cryopulvinectomy in 6 totally incapacitated patients with advanced neurologic disease, it would seem that the pulvinar (a thalamic nucleus of which the function was formerly unknown) contributes to motor control, muscle length, and posture.