Faith, fasting, and well-being: Emirates Neurology Society consensus guidelines on safe Ramadan fasting in Parkinson’s disease. Mittal SO, Krystkowiak P, Ramberg CJ, Sarathchandran P, Hassan A, Iantorno V, Cirasanambati M, Al Aloma M, Maiti T, Al Rukn S. Front Neurol. …
Prevalence of and risk factors for depression, anxiety, and burnout in U.S. neurosurgery residents. Sherwin Andrew Tavakol 1 , Samia Nawaz 2 , Nangorgo Jean Oumar Coulibaly 1 , Randaline Barnett 3 , Miri Kim 4 , Radmehr Torabi 5 …
The Rise of Stereotactic Neurosurgery in Germany. Kinfe TM, Coenen VA, Krauss JK. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2025 Mar;86(S 01):S15-S22. SUMMARY The main purpose of this article is to report on the life, work, and achievements of …
Strategies to Reinvigorate the Bedside Clinical Encounter. Garibaldi BT, Russell SW. N Engl J Med. 2025 Nov 27;393(21):2142-2150. SUMMARY Key Points • Medical learners in the 21st century spend less time with patients during training than their counterparts did in …
Insula Deep Brain Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain: A Cross-Over, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial. Dongyang L, Cunha PHM, Lapa JDS, Kubota GT, Junior JR, Fernandes AM, Thibes RB, Pinheiro DS, Iglesio RF, Duarte KP, Sato J, da Silva VA, Lucato LT, Figueiredo …
Stereotactic Spinothalamic Mesencephalic Tractotomy for the Treatment of Cancer Pain in the Neuromodulation Era: Advocacy for the Renaissance of a Forgotten Surgery. Régis J, Souissi G, Balossier A. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2025;103(6):533-542. SUMMARY Background: The radiofrequency unilateral interruption of the …
How accurate is probabilistic tractography when used to predict the “sweet spot” in deep brain stimulation? Mind the gap! Deuter D, Mederer T, Rosengarth K, Anthofer J, Dada A, Knott M, Wendl T, Schmidt NO, Schlaier J. Acta Neurochir (Wien). …
A Multi-Symptom Circuit Architecture of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Hollunder B, Meyer GM, Li N, Reinhardt P, Sahin IA, Rajamani N, Pijar J, Nombela C, Mosley P, Acevedo N, Johnson KA, Provenza N, Akram H, Borron BM, Chou T, Germann J, Castaño …
Deep brain stimulation and psychosis: A case series and two candidate causal brain circuits. Meyer GM, Pines AR, Roldan A, Aracil-Bolaños I, Settle EG, Sahin IA, Schaper FLWVJ, Neudorfer C, Järvenpää S, Kamo H, Piacentini SHMJ, Romito LM, Kim MJ, …
Invasive brain mapping identifies personalized therapeutic neuromodulation targets that suppress OCD network activity. Moses Lee A, Kist A, Alvarez J, Sellers KK, Khambhati AN, Sugrue LP, Reid LB, Kadlec K, Ray S, Fan JM, Allawala AB, Racine CA, Norbu T, …