World neurosurgeryMay 8, 2025Demet Evleksiz, Abuzer Gungor, Gardashkhan Karımzada et al.4 citations
The claustrum, a thin layer of gray matter between the insular cortex and putamen, has been a subject of anatomical and functional curiosity for centuries. Although early anatomical descriptions provide some insights, modern neuroimaging and neurosurgical studies have reignited interest in its structure and function. This study examines the historical evolution of the claustrum's terminology...
World neurosurgeryJanuary 2019Juneyoung L Yi, Christina A. Porucznik, Lisa H Gren et al.
Prescription opioid medications negatively affect postoperative outcomes after lumbar spine surgery. Furthermore, opioid-related overdose death rates in the United States increased by 200% between 2000 and 2014. Thus, alternatives are imperative. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a mind-body therapy, has been associated with improved activity and mood in opioid-using patients with...
World neurosurgeryJanuary 31, 2018Yusuke Sakamoto, Sho Okamoto, Satoshi Maesawa et al.
Objective: Neurocognitive impairment is often reported in moyamoya disease. We aimed to detect default mode network (DMN) alterations using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and their association with neurocognitive impairments. In addition, the influence of surgical treatment was individually evaluated. Methods: Seven patients with moyamoya disease underwent preoperative...
World neurosurgeryAugust 1, 2016Eelke M Bos, Jochem K H Spoor, Marion Smits et al.
The out-of-body experience (OBE), during which a person feels as if he or she is spatially removed from the physical body, is a mystical phenomenon because of its association with near-death experiences. Literature implicates the cortex at the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) as the possible anatomic substrate for OBE. We present a patient who had an out-of-body experience during an awake...
World neurosurgery2013R Aaron Robison, Alexander Taghva, Charles Y. Liu et al.
Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have sought a physical means of altering disordered behavior and consciousness. This quest has spawned numerous innovations in neurosurgery and the neurosciences, from the earliest prehistoric attempts at trepanation to the electrocortical and anatomic localization of cerebral function that emerged in the 19th century. At the start of the 20th...
The French philosopher Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) sustained a transient loss of consciousness due to a head injury. Montaigne described his concussion as a "swoon," with astutely illustrative details of the symptoms he experienced, including brief loss of consciousness, with apparent (temporary) confusion, and post-traumatic amnesia. His vivid portrayal of the recovery period lends...