Cortical stimulation mapping of language cortex by using a verb generation task: effects of learning and comparison to mapping based on object naming.

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The comparative effectiveness of the 2 treatment options-surgical clipping and endovascular coiling-for unruptured cerebral aneurysms remains an issue of debate and has not been studied in clinical trials. The authors investigated the association between treatment method for unruptured cerebral aneurysms and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bekelis K,Gottlieb DJ,Su Y,O'Malley AJ,Labropoulos N,Goodney P,Lawton MT,MacKenzie TA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the phagocytic, humoral, and cellular arms of the immune system in comatose patients shortly after severe brain injury and to compare the findings with those reported earlier in patients in a persistent vegetative state. The study was conducted in intensive care ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wolach B,Sazbon L,Gavrieli R,Broda A,Schlesinger M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Exogenous progesterone has been shown to reduce brain edema and ischemia-induced cell damage and to improve physiological and neurological function during the early stage of focal cerebral ischemia. In the present study, the authors assessed the neuroprotective potential of progesterone during the late stage of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumon Y,Kim SC,Tompkins P,Stevens A,Sakaki S,Loftus CM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite diagnostic advances, it remains difficult to identify intrasellar and ectopic parasellar adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting microadenomas. The authors present the case of a 61-year-old woman with Cushing disease in whom a significant central-to-peripheral and lateralized right-sided ACTH gradient was...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim LJ,Klopfenstein JD,Cheng M,Nagul M,Coons S,Fredenberg C,Brachman DG,White WL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Endothelial tight junction (TJ) expression is mostly absent in cerebral cavernous malformations (CMs), which causes increased perilesional erythrocyte and fluid oozing. However, in a subset of CM lesions, foci of preserved TJ staining are observed along endothelial cell contacts. The clinical relevance of this f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jakimovski D,Schneider H,Frei K,Kennes LN,Bertalanffy H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was performed to provide quantitative data on the number of surviving facial motor neurons that extend regenerated nerve fibers through the nerve-injured site and to reveal the relationship between facial function and the number of those motor neurons in which the facial nerve has been transected or r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Higashiyama F,Fukushima N,Yokouchi K,Kawagishi K,Moriizumi T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9- to 12-year follow-up review was conducted in 105 of 124 patients who were treated with chymopapain chemonucleolysis for herniated lumbar disc. The data were obtained from responses to a questionnaire. Seventy-nine patients (75.2%) reported marked improvement, six (5.7%) had slight improvement, and 20 (19.0%) had ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Javid MJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of brain-stem hemangioma calcificans is described. The few cases reported in the literature prove the rarity of this tumor, which is considered a benign variant of cerebral cavernous hemangioma. Diagnosis and treatment of these tumors are briefly discussed with a review of the literature including 11 previous c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Occhiogrosso M,Carella A,D'Aprile P,Vailati G

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrathecal fibrinolysis on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption was investigated after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In 11 cats, SAH was induced by intracisternal application of 1 to 4 ml of fresh autologous blood. Thirty minutes after the experimental SAH, the CSF outflow resistance was f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brinker T,Seifert V,Stolke D

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transoral, transsphenoidal microsurgical technique for exposing the pituitary stalk and gland of the rhesus monkey is described and illustrated. The technique has proved to be a safe and practical method for performing a variety of pituitary operations in a total of 37 animals. The procedures have included complete ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tindall GT,Patton J,Neill JD

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of chordoid meningioma in a 55-year-old woman who manifested headache and personality change. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and cerebral angiography demonstrated a mass in the right frontal lobe that resembled a typical convexity meningioma. However, the pathological diagnosis was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee DK,Kim DG,Choe G,Chi JG,Jung HW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an experimental model that allows dynamic studies of blood flow in the pituitary gland. Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were anesthetized and the pituitary gland was exposed using a parapharyngeal approach. Teflon-coated platinum wire electrodes were placed in the adenohypophysis near the midline an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kemeny AA,Jakubowski JA,Jefferson AA,Pasztor E

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular complications of intracarotid infusion of drugs for brain-tumor chemotherapy may be eliminated by infusion of the chemotherapeutic agent into the carotid artery above the origin of the ophthalmic artery. The authors have developed a catheter that can negotiate the carotid siphon. This catheter is not balloo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kapp JP,Ross RL,Tucker EM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of 3 years, 25 patients with intra- and extrasellar macroprolactinomas were pretreated with dopamine agonists for a period of 2 to 6 1/2 weeks prior to transsphenoidal microsurgical tumor resection. Dopamine agonists were administered orally to 17 patients, intramuscularly to three patients, and both o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fahlbusch R,Buchfelder M,Schrell U

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Remington humane stunner was used to deliver a blow to the left side of the surgically-exposed skull in ketamine-anesthetized cats. At 15 minutes after the trauma, brain tissue was frozen in situ. In animals without visible tissue hemorrhage (Grade 0) and in those with unilateral cerebral contusions involving the ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wagner KR,Tornheim PA,Eichhold MK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebral artery dissection may be spontaneous or related to some traumatic event. Diagnosis has usually been made by angiography, an invasive procedure with certain well-known risks. The authors describe the magnetic resonance (MR) appearance (both on conventional spin-echo and on gradient refocused "flow" sequences)...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Quint DJ,Spickler EM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose responses in vitro of the basilar arteries of the dog, rabbit, and man to human hemoglobin and reported. For each species, the response occurred over a range of 10(-9)M to greater than 10(-5)M hemoglobin. When compared to a maximum serotonin contraction, the relative constriction induced by 10(-5)M hemoglobin was...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wellum GR,Irvine TW Jr,Zervas NT

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The treatment of solitary vestibular schwannomas by performing Gamma Knife surgery is well established. It has been reported that decreasing the surface dose reduces patient morbidity, especially facial weakness and numbness. The authors of this retrospective study examine patient data from a single center to de...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hudgins WR,Antes KJ,Herbert MA,Weiner RL,DeSaloms JM,Stamos D,Barker JL,Echt GA,Nichols TD,Schwarz DE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The authors previously described a graded approach to skull base repair following endonasal microscopic or endoscope-assisted tumor surgery. In this paper they review their experience with skull base reconstruction in the endoscopic era. Methods:A retrospective review of a single-institution endonasal endosc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Conger A,Zhao F,Wang X,Eisenberg A,Griffiths C,Esposito F,Carrau RL,Barkhoudarian G,Kelly DF

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy over whether to use a posterior or anterior approach for surgical treatment of soft cervical discs is still largely unsettled. However, although the posterior approach may be underutilized, it has distinct advantages when there are specific indications. Out of a large pool of cases, 53 patients present...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aldrich F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on the case of a 15-year-old boy with Crouzon syndrome (CS) who presented with headache and facial diplegia. He had undergone several craniofacial interventions and a posterior fossa decompression for tonsillar herniation caused by the CS. A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt had been inserted for hydr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thines L,Vinchon M,Lahlou A,Pellerin P,Dhellemmes P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia occurred in 32 (11.9%) of 269 consecutive patients who were treated with radiofrequency electrocoagulation (RFE). This is a higher incidence than has been reported before and may be explained by the prospective nature of the present study, the long follow-up period, and the inclusion of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brisman R

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of pneumocephalus in a patient without a history of undergoing intracranial or intrathecal procedures is a significant radiographic finding that portends a violation of the dural barrier or the presence of infection. The authors report a case of iatrogenic pneumocephalus that confounded the evaluation of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thompson TP,Levy E,Kanal E,Lunsford LD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with severe postoperative hemiplegia and one with hemiplegia following a subarachnoid hemorrhage are presented. None had hematomas. All were treated with dopamine-induced hypertension, mannitol, and large quantities of intravascular fluids. All showed a remarkable degree of clinical improvement, presuma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brown FD,Hanlon K,Mullan S

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although image-based human stereotaxis began with Spiegel and Wycis in 1947, the major principles of radiographic stereotaxis were formulated 50 years earlier by the French scientific photographer Gaston Contremoulins. In 1897, frustrated by the high morbidity of bullet extraction from the brain, the Parisian surgeon ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Mornet P,Moreau JF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present three patients who, after excision and irradiation of their brain tumors, were treated with BCNU for recurrence. All three patients responded well and now are without evidence of tumor, 37, 30, and 36 months after BCNU was stopped. Although these patients represent only a small fraction of those tr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Calogero J,Crafts DC,Wilson CB,Boldrey EB,Rosenberg A,Enot KJ

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of solitary dorsal intramedullary schwannoma diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and treated surgically is reported. The authors review the previously published cases. The possible etiology of the tumor as well as some difficulties encountered in the diagnostic procedure and treatment are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Herregodts P,Vloeberghs M,Schmedding E,Goossens A,Stadnik T,D'Haens J

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was designed to evaluate the clinical and histopathological effects of long-term (3-month) intraventricular baclofen (IVB) infusion in beagle dogs. METHODS:Catheters were inserted stereotactically into the lateral ventricles of nine dogs and were connected to implanted Synchromed II pumps. Saline sol...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Albright AL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a technique involving placement of a catheter in the third ventricle in shunt systems for hydrocephalus, in order to avoid obstruction of the proximal catheter by particles of chorioid plexus. They emphasize the simplicity of the technique, lack of morbidity, and the good results they have obtained...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gutierrez-Lara F,Hakim S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) of the medial temporal lobe frequently involve the basal ganglia and the thalamus and, for this reason, are commonly judged to be inoperable. However, when the medial involvement is limited to the posterolateral part of the thalamus and to the inferior portion of the basal ganglia l...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heros RC

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00