Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system.
Chiari malformation (CM) is a structural defect in the cerebellum, characterized by a downward displacement of one or both cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum. CMs can cause headaches, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, dizziness, neck pain, unsteady gait, poor hand coordination, numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, and speech problems. Less often, people may experience ringing or buzzing in the ears, weakness, slow heart rhythm, or fast heart rhythm, curvature of the spine (scoliosis) related to spinal cord impairment, abnormal breathing, such as central sleep apnea, characterized by periods of breathing cessation during sleep, and, in severe cases, paralysis.
Zimelidine was one of the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants to be marketed. It is a pyridylallylamine, and is structurally different from other antidepressants.
Nature Reviews Neurology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in 2005 as Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, but was renamed in April 2009. It covers research developments and clinical practice in neurology. Coverage includes prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease or impaired function of the central and peripheral nervous systems, including neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The editor-in-chief is Heather Wood.
JAMA Neurology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association. It was established in 1960 as Archives of Neurology and obtained its current name in 2013. The journal publishes research on the nervous system as well as the various mechanisms of neurological disease. The editor-in-chief is S. Andrew Josephson.
Stafford Louis Lightman has been Professor of Medicine, University of Bristol, since 1993. He was president of the British Neuroscience Association 2017–2019.
Inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs), sometimes called Idiopathic (IIDDs) due to the unknown etiology of some of them, are a heterogenous group of demyelinating diseases - conditions that cause damage to myelin, the protective sheath of nerve fibers - that occur against the background of an acute or chronic inflammatory process. IDDs share characteristics with and are often grouped together under Multiple Sclerosis. They are sometimes considered different diseases from Multiple Sclerosis, but considered by others to form a spectrum differing only in terms of chronicity, severity, and clinical course.
The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the BMJ Group. It covers research and reviews in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. Its Editor-in-Chief is Karen L. Furie of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
A neurological disorder is any disorder of the nervous system. Structural, biochemical or electrical abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord or other nerves can result in a range of symptoms. Examples of symptoms include paralysis, muscle weakness, poor coordination, loss of sensation, seizures, confusion, pain and altered levels of consciousness. There are many recognized neurological disorders, some relatively common, but many rare. They may be assessed by neurological examination, and studied and treated within the specialties of neurology and clinical neuropsychology.
The Journal of Neurosurgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of neurosurgery. It is published by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the editor-in-chief is James Rutka. It was established in 1944, with Louise Eisenhardt as founding editor. Originally published bimonthly, it switched to a monthly schedule in 1962. All content is freely available online after 12 months, until it is 10 years old. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 4.1.
The British Journal of Neurosurgery is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers neurosurgery and neurology. It is published in association with the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. The editor-in-chief is Nitin Mukerji.
Movement Disorders is a peer-reviewed medical journal, first published in 1986. The journal focuses on original research relating to neurological movement disorders. The editor-in-chief is A. Jon Stoessl.
The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is an institute within the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom. Together with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, an adjacent facility with which it cooperates closely, the institute forms a major centre for teaching, training and research in neurology and allied clinical and basic neurosciences.
The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal and the official journal of the Canadian Neurological Society, Canadian Neurosurgical Society, Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists, Canadian Association of Child Neurology, and the Canadian Society of Neuroradiology, which collectively form the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation. Articles are published in English with abstracts in both English and French. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.
Griffith Rutherford Harsh IV is an American neurosurgeon. In 2018, he became the chair of the department of neurological surgery at UC Davis Health. He is married to business executive Meg Whitman. He is a direct descendant of Revolutionary War General and North Carolina State Senator Griffith Rutherford (1721–1805).
Current Opinion in Neurology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering neurology. The journal publishes editorials and reviews, but not original research articles. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and the editor-in-chief is Richard S.J. Frackowiak. The journal was established in 1988 as Current Opinion in Neurology and Neurosurgery and obtained its current name in 1993.
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering pediatric neurology and developmental medicine. The journal is published by Mac Keith Press and distributed on their behalf by Wiley-Blackwell. It is an official journal of both the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, the British Paediatric Neurology Association, the British Academy of Childhood Disability, the European Academy of Childhood Disability and the Academia Mexicana para la Paralisis Cerebral y Transtornos del Neurodesarollo. It was established in 1958 and the editor-in-chief is Bernard Dan. The North American Editor is Peter Rosenbaum. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.449, ranking it 7th out of 129 journals in the category "Pediatrics" and 39th out of 208 in the category "Clinical Neurology".
World Neurosurgery is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1973 as Surgical Neurology before obtaining its current name in 2010. It is published by Elsevier and is the official journal of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. The editor-in-chief is Edward C. Benzel.
Sunil Pradhan is an Indian neurologist, medical researcher and writer, known for the invention of two electrophysiological techniques. He has also described five medical signs, of which one related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy is known as Pradhan Sign, and the others associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and similar neuro diseases. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, in 2014 for his contributions to the field of neuroscience.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (PCN) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychiatry and neuroscience. It was established in 1933 as Folia Psychiatrica Et Neurologica Japonica, and was renamed The Japanese Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1986. It obtained its current name in 1995. It is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology(JSPN), of which it is the official journal. The editors-in-chief are Shigenobu Kanba (Kyushu University) and Tadafumi Kato (RIKEN Brain Science Institute,Juntendo University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 12.145, ranking it 14th out of 155 journals in the category "Psychiatry" and 16th out of 274 in the category "Neurosciences". PCN's mission is to become an international academic hub of psychiatry as well as a leading journal in the East disseminating prominent research which are valuable to the psychiatry field. PCN is published 12 online issues a year by JSPN in all fields of psychiatry and related neurosciences in the following categories: Review Articles, Regular Articles, and Letters to the Editor.
