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Organisation

Research Group Experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy

Division

Main organisation:Department of Neurosciences
Lifecycle:1 Jan 1995 →  Today
Organisation profile:

- Head injury: pharmacological agents. - Lumbardisc herniation: prevention of epidural scan tissue formation. - Hydrodynamic characteristics of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces in normal and hydrocephalic brain. Physiopathology of the Cushing response. - ICP during external vertricular drainage. - Biomechanics of skull- and braininjuries in cyclists. Protection by helmets. - Spinal cord stumulation using a new epidural lead and pulse generator. - Efficacy and safety of pharmacological agents as neuroprotectives following severe traumatic brain injury. - Development and clinical test of a magnetic resonance-compatible stereotactic probe for laser-neurosurgery with real-time monitoring. - Study of the effects of cytokines in spinal cord injury in rats. - Study of the effects of intracerebral administration of opioids in rats.

 

4 main research divisions exist within this group with each of them focusing on several research lines:

1.Experimental Neuroanatomy: craniofacial implants - intrauterine neurosurgery and applied neuroanatomy

2.Functional neurosurgery: action representation in primate and human brain - deep brain stimuation for OCD - electrical interaction with brain cavity walls

3.Head injury research: prediction of secundary insult - monitoring of autoregulation - development of protective head gear

4.Oncological neurosurgery: nose-to-brain delivery of formulated siRNA-constructs - immunotherapy-based regimens for brain cancer - peroperative function preservation and tissue discrimination studies

Keywords:opioids, interleukin-6 (IL-6), pharmacological agent, chronic pain, picosecond laser, head injury, disc herniation, hydrocephalus, Hydrodynamic parameters, Hydrocephalus, Cerebrospinal fluid, Neurosurgery
Disciplines:Biomechanics, Morphological sciences, Neurosciences, Biological and physiological psychology, Cognitive science and intelligent systems, Developmental psychology and ageing, Biomarker discovery and evaluation, Drug discovery and development, Medicinal products, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Toxicology and toxinology, Other pharmaceutical sciences