Neurosurgical Re-Engineering of the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord

1. Functional imaging in neurosurgery and neurorehabilitation

   1. Rehabilitation technique facilitates association cortices in hemiparetic patients: functional MRI study

      • Masaharu Maruishi, H. Muranaka, M. Miyatani, J. Kawahara, T. Tsuji, S. Noda et al.

      Pages 75-78

2. Neurosurgical intervention for functional recovery from neurological deficit: Part 1

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Early use of intrathecal baclofen in brain injury in pediatric patients

      • Michael S. Turner

      Pages 81-83

   3. Subtonsillar placement of auditory brainstem implant

      • Yojiro Seki, N. Samejima, K. Kumakawa, A. Komatsuzaki

      Pages 85-87

   4. Diaphragm pacing with the spinal cord stimulator

      • Tetsuryu Mitsuyama, T. Taira, N. Takeda, T. Hori

      Pages 89-92

3. Neurosurgical intervention for functional recovery from neurological deficit: Part 2

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Combined dorsal root entry zone lesions and neural reconstruction for early rehabilitation of brachial plexus avulsion injury

      • Han-Jung Chen, K. Lu, M. C. Yeh

      Pages 95-97

   3. Functional posterior rhizotomy for severely disabled children with mixed type cerebral palsy

      • Nobuhito Morota, S. Kameyama, M. Masuda, M. Oishi, A. Aguni, T. Uehara et al.

      Pages 99-102

   4. The role of neurosurgical interventions for control of spasticity in neurorehabilitation: new findings on functional microanatomy of the tibial nerve

      • Takaomi Taira, T. Hori

      Pages 103-105

   5. Restoration of locomotion in paraplegics with aid of autologous bypass grafts for direct neurotisation of muscles by upper motor neurons — the future: surgery of the spinal cord?

      • Klaus von Wild, G. A. Brunelli

      Pages 107-112

4. Neurosurgical treatment for movement disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Brain stimulation: history, current clinical application, and future prospects

      • A. Y. Mogilner, Ali R. Rezai

      Pages 115-120

   3. Deep brain and motor cortex stimulation for post-stroke movement disorders and post-stroke pain

      • Yoichi Katayama, T. Yamamoto, K. Kobayashi, H. Oshima, C. Fukaya

      Pages 121-123

   4. Chronic simulation of the globus pallidus internus for control of primary generalized dystonia

      • Yoichi Katayama, C. Fukaya, K. Kobayashi, H. Oshima, T. Yamamoto

      Pages 125-128

   5. Neurosurgical treatment for writer’s cramp

      • Takaomi Taira, S. Harashima, T. Hori

      Pages 129-131

   6. Neurophysiological identification and characterization of thalamic neurons with single unit recording in essential tremor patients

      • B. H. Lee, K. H. Lee, S. S. Chung, Jin Woo Chang

      Pages 133-136

   7. Localization of thalamic cells with tremor-frequency activity in Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor

      • Kazutaka Kobayashi, Y. Katayama, M. Kasai, H. Oshima, C. Fukaya, T. Yamamoto

      Pages 137-139

   8. MR safety in patients with implanted deep brain stimulation systems (DBS)

      • A. Sharan, Ali R. Rezai, J. A. Nyenhuis, G. Hrdlicka, J. Tkach, K. Baker et al.

      Pages 141-145

5. Pain control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. Primary motor cortex stimulation within the central sulcus for treating deafferentation pain

      • Youichi Saitoh, A. Kato, H. Ninomiya, T. Baba, M. Shibata, T. Mashimo et al.

      Pages 149-152

This volume is the second in a new series of pro­ The task carried out through the collaboration of ceedings covering the official scientific meetings of the neurosurgeons and specialists in neurorehabilitation Neurorehabilitation Committee of the World Federa­ cannot be viewed simply as a restoration of function or tion of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). The first reconstruction of structure. Recent advances in neu­ scientific meeting of the WFNS Neurorehabilitation roimaging techniques have begun to demonstrate that Committee was held successfully in Munster, Ger­ it involves extensive functional and structural reorga­ many, in 2000 under the auspices of Professor Klaus nization of neural networks within the brain and R. H. von Wild. The proceedings of that meeting probably the spinal cord. On this basis, we felt that it (Functional Rehabilitation in Neurosurgery and Neu­ might be more appropriate to refer to such activities as rotraumatology) were published as a supplement to re-engineering of the damaged brain and spinal cord. Acta Neurochirurgica (volume 79, 2001). This first In order to encapsulate such a concept, the second scientific meeting highlighted the important role scientific meeting was entitled the Second Interna­ played by neurosurgeons in neurorehabilitation be­ tional Symposium on Neurosurgical Re-engineering of at an early period after brain or spinal cord the Damaged Brain and Spinal Cord (NRDBS'02). ginning damage.

• Nervous System
• Neurorehabilitation
• Parkinson
• brainstem
• neurons
• neurosurgery
• rehabilitation
• rehabilitation psychology

• Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  Y. Katayama

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