The pig model is increasingly used in the field of neuroscience because of the similarities of its brain with human. This review presents the peculiarities of the anatomy and functions of the pig brain with specific reference to its human counterpart. We propose an approximate mapping of the pig's cortical areas since a comprehensive description of the equivalent of Brodmann's areas is lacking....

OBJECT Cerebral gangliogliomas (GGs) are highly associated with intractable epilepsy. Incomplete resection due to proximity to eloquent brain regions or misinterpretation of the resection amount is a strong negative predictor for local tumor recurrence and persisting seizures. A potential method for dealing with this obstacle could be the application of intraoperative high-field MRI (iopMRI) co...

The aim of this report was to summarize our preliminary experience on the resection of tumors located in Meckel's cave via the endoscopic endonasal transmaxillary transpterygoid approach with image-guided system and to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of this approach. Two patients who had tumors in left Meckel's cave underwent surgical treatment using the image-guided endoscopic endona...

An initiative is undertaken by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to extend affordable high quality neurosurgical practice in India. This automates the frameless Stereotaxy using a high precision 6 DOF Parallel Kinematic Mechanism (6D PKM) based Robot and a Surgical Coordinate Measuring Mechanism (SCMM). The system provides high accuracy as well as high patient comfort level as compared to conventio...

Neurosurgeons have long used various image-guided systems, such as fluoroscopy, ultrasound, and threedimensional (3-D) stereotaxy in an attempt to more accurately localize intracranial targets (34). The development of advanced neuroimaging techniques over the years has provided the neurosurgeon with increasingly more accurate and precise tools to aid in the microsurgical treatment of intracrani...