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Septal Stimulation on Painful and Symbolic Stress. Experimental Study

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Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((STEREOTACTIC,volume 30))

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Based on the rewarding effect of septal area, therapeutic Stimulation of this region has been applied to surgical management of chronic pain. However some basic problems of this technique remain unsolved. Thus the effect of septal Stimulation was tested on an experimental model of painful and symbolic stress, comparing the variations in the pituitaryadrenal axis activity, the peripheral cathecolamine levels and the structural changes in gastric mucosa and adrenal glands, between the problem and different control groups. The bioelectrical activity of septal area and antexolateral hypothalamus during Stimulation were recorded. A decrease in gastric ulceration and plasma cortisol were observed in the septal stimulation group. No direct influence on the cathecolaminic system was noted. A facilitation of septal activity and its influence on hypothalamic rythm were found. All these effects were mainly achieved in the posterior perifornical septal region.

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  1. Departamento de Neurocirugia, Hospital Clínico Universitario, P. Blasco Ibañez, 17, Valencia-10, Spain

    J. Broseta

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    F. John Gillingham (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  2. Academisch Ziekenhuis, Leuven, Belgium

    Jan Gybels (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  3. Midland Center for Neurosurgery and Neurology and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Edward Hitchcock (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  4. Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

    Gian Franco Rossi (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

  5. Service de Neurochirurgie Fonctionnelle, Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, Paris, France

    Gábor Szikla (Maître de Recherche C.N.R.S., Neurosurgeon) (Maître de Recherche C.N.R.S., Neurosurgeon)

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Broseta, J., Barcia-Salorio, J.L., Barberá, J. (1980). Septal Stimulation on Painful and Symbolic Stress. Experimental Study. In: Gillingham, F.J., Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E., Rossi, G.F., Szikla, G. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 4. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 30. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8592-6_33

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