Weekly Podcast

March 12, 2010

JNSPG staff member Kate Mason reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on March 12, 2010.

Weekly Podcast

March 5, 2010

JNSPG staff member Nathalie Pincham reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on March 5, 2010.

March 2010: Adult Spinal Deformity

Adult Spinal Deformity

Topic editor David O. Okonkwo of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh speaks with James S. Harrop of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr Harrop’s article is entitled “Adult scoliosis surgery outcomes: a systematic review.”

Weekly podcast

February 19, 2010

JNSPG staff member Margie Shreve reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on February 19, 2010.

Weekly podcast

February 12, 2010

JNSPG staff member Kurtis Pivert reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on February 12, 2010.

Weekly podcast

February 5, 2010

JNSPG staff member Nathalie Pincham reads synopses of Journal ofNeurosurgery articles published online on February 5, 2010.

February 2010: Surgery of Gliomas in Eloquent Areas

Surgery of Gliomas in Eloquent Areas

Topic editor Hugues Duffau speaks with author Geert-Jan Rutten of St. Elisabeth Hospital in Tilburg, The Netherlands on “The role of functional magnetic resonance imaging in brain surgery.” Dr. Duffau is affiliated with The Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac and the Institute of Neuroscience of Montpellier, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 583, Plasticity of Central Nervous System, Human Stem Cells and Glial Tumors, Hôpital Saint Eloi, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier, France.

Weekly podcast

January 29, 2010

JNSPG staff member Paul Pugh reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on January 29, 2010.

Weekly podcast

January 22, 2010

JNSPG staff member Jo Ann Eliason reads synopses of articles published online by the Journal of Neurosurgery on January 22, 2010.

Weekly podcast

January 15, 2010

JNSPG staff member Anne Stanford reads synopses of the review articles titled “Highly cited works in neurosurgery”, published online by the Journal of Neurosurgery on January 15, 2010.

Weekly podcast

January 8, 2010

JNSPG staff member Gillian Shasby reads a synopsis of one of the articles published online by the Journal of Neurosurgery on January 8, 2010.

January 2010: Neurogenomics and Neuroproteomics

Neurogenomics and Neuroproteomics

Topic editor and contributor Dr. James T. Rutka speaks with co-author Dr. Michael D. Taylor on issues relating to their article entitled “Genomics of medulloblastoma: from Giemsa-banding to next-generation sequencing in 20 years.” Both authors are affiliated with the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre in Toronto and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Taylor is also affiliated with the Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Weekly podcast

December 25, 2009

JNSPG staff member Kurtis Pivert reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on December 25, 2009.

Weekly Podcast

December 18, 2009

JNSPG staff member Nathalie Pincham reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on December 18, 2009.

Weekly Podcast

December 11, 2009

JNSPG staff member Carol Chowdhry reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on December 11, 2009.

Protection against focal ischemic injury to the brain by trans-sodium crocetinate

Protection against focal ischemic injury

Special edition Journal of Neurosurgery podcast. Manuscript editor Anne Stanford speaks with Dr. Kevin Lee of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. They discuss trans-sodium crocetinate and its neuroprotective effects as demonstrated in an animal model of cerebral ischemia and about brain ischemic injury in general.

Weekly Podcast

December 4, 2009

JNSPG staff members Margie Shreve and Chris Gavin read synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on December 4, 2009.

December 2009: Radiosurgery

Radiosurgery

Topic editor Nader Pouratian of the Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California–Los Angeles, speaks with Drs. Alberto Franzin and Carlo Serra of the Department of Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Their article is entitled “Evaluation of hearing function after Gamma Knife surgery of vestibular schwannomas.”

Weekly Podcast

November 27, 2009

JNSPG staff member Chris Gavin reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on November 27, 2009.

Weekly Podcast

November 20, 2009

JNSPG staff member Gillian Shasby reads synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on November 20, 2009.

Weekly Podcast

November 13, 2009

JNSPG staff members Kate Mason and Nathalie Pincham read synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on November 13, 2009.

Weekly Podcast

November 6, 2009

JNSPG staff members Jo Ann Eliason and Nathalie Pincham read synopses of Journal of Neurosurgery articles published online on November 6, 2009.

November 2009: Venous Brain Circulation Disorders

Venous Brain Circulation Disorders

The Journal of Neurosurgery‘s Jo Ann Eliason speaks with Dr. Maryam Rahman of the University of Florida in Gainesville concerning direct thrombolysis for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.

Weekly Podcast

October 30, 2009

JNSPG staff member Paul Pugh reads a synopsis of a case report published by the Journal of Neurosurgery online on October 30, 2009.