Abstract:
:The correct explanation of the term 'stereotaxy' is linguistically not self-evident because the Greek term stereon means not spatial but 'hard' or 'solid'. The aim of our study was to clarify the term stereotaxy historically and linguistically. We carried out our study by reviewing the neurosurgical and ancient Greek literature. The term stereotaxy is composed of two ancient Greek words: stereon and taxis. Stereon was used in particular as a technical term for geometrical solids in Greek mathematics. This term can be traced back to Platon and Euclid in the 4th and 3rd century BC, respectively. Only in this sense of the word does stereon in stereotaxy actually mean 'spatial' or '3-dimensional'. Taxis is derived from the verb tattein(τάττειν) with the meaning 'to position'. The terms 'stereotaxis' and 'stereotaxic apparatus' were introduced by Clarke and Horsley in 1908 to denote a method for the precise positioning of electrodes into the deep cerebellar nuclei of apes. The target in space was defined by 3 distances in relation to 3 orthogonal planes. Although this concept corresponded exactly to x-, y- and z-coordinates in a cartesian coordinate system, Clarke never used the concept of coordinates. The intuitive explanation of the term stereotaxy as spatial positioning is correct, but linguistically more complex than would be expected.
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Stereotact Funct Neurosurgjournal_title
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgeryauthors
Grunert P Sr,Keiner D,Oertel Jdoi
10.1159/000366490subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-01-01 00:00:00pages
42-9issue
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1011-6125issn
1423-0372pii
000366490journal_volume
93pub_type
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000099928
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000076661
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000100634
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000098740
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000099695
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000360582
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000492229
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-11-18 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000099499
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000056497
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000505712
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000056421
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000098781
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00