Really great to be back at an 'in person' conference again SBNS #SBNSDUNDEE2021 and catching up with lots of familiar faces #neurosurgery

Be who you needed when you were younger.

The first CT scan of a patient's brain was taken on this day in 1971. The images from these scans took over 2 hours to be processed by algebraic reconstruction techniques on a large computer.

Early nights all around for tomorrow's #LondonMarathon👟 The runners will undoubtedly be carb loading in preparation, and our staff will be in solidarity! We can’t wait to celebrate your perseverance in training for this 3x postponed race - GO #TeamERUK! epilepsyresearch.org.uk/support-us/eru…

Now live and free to access. Huge effort. Thank you all. We hope it is useful, informative, and thought-provoking. BJS commission on surgery and perioperative care post-COVID-19 ⁦BJS⁩ ⁦Young BJS⁩ ⁦BJS Open⁩ #some4surgery pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34624081/

1. Read and write more. 2. Don't hesitate to admit when you're wrong. 3. Be comfortable changing your opinion. 4. Find a mentor. 5. Stay teachable. 6. Make mistakes and learn. 7. Don't get offended easily. 8. Ask questions. 9. Spend time with nature. 10. Stay humble.

Anatomy Pearl 11: TEMPORAL BONE IMAGING ANATOMY 4th Slide: “Not so famous” Tiny Fissures & Sutures Be familiar with these not well known normal anatomical lucent lines- can be FRACTURE MIMICS #neurorad #radres #neurosurgery #neurology #FOAMed #Foamrad #Anatomy #otolaryngology

✅quick review of cortical malformations ty The Neuroradiologist #FOAMed #radiology #neurology #neurosurgery #SoME Penn Medicine Penn Medicine MD Penn Neurosurgery Penn Radiology Penn Anesthesia HT Mikel Shea Ehntholt

Non-invasive MR imaging of human brain lymphatic networks with connections to cervical lymph nodes nature.com/articles/s4146…

Parker et al. show that cortical spreading depolarization, blood-brain barrier dysfunction, and pro-inflammatory TGF β signalling are associated with severe outcomes following repetitive mild TBI. bit.ly/3EEGzEk

#COVID19 has changed the way we interact with our patients, with more remote consultations. We describe our experience with telemedicine in movement disorder #DBS patients in BMJ Innovations Neurosciences @ NuTH Akbar innovations.bmj.com/content/8/1/60

#COVID19 has changed the way we interact with our patients, with more remote consultations. We describe our experience with telemedicine in movement disorder #DBS patients in BMJ Innovations Neurosciences @ NuTH Akbar innovations.bmj.com/content/8/1/60

Word of the day is 'misken' (15th century): to refuse to recognise something by pretending it's not happening.

Implications for #neurosurgery and awake/asleep motor mapping? 🤯

Penfield’s motor homunculus anthropomorphizes the cerebral level of motor control – the upper motor neuron – but leaves the cranial & spinal motor neurons unrepresented. Ravits and Stack redress the imbalance by presenting a lower motor neuron homunculus. bit.ly/3GYnXnG

It was great chatting to @georgethemedic eabhalynn.bsky.social and Anna this week for the podcast. Mentorship is a key part of medicine and it was great to discuss our experiences

Key point: VNS is a safe and effective therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy. doi.org/10.1111/epi.18… #epilepsy #EEG #MRI #prediction #Vagusnervestimulation #VNS International League Against Epilepsy @epilepsiajourn Wiley Neuro

Great to see Newcastle representation at the ILAE 🧠 Rhys Thomas Peter Neal Taylor yujiang CNNP lab and excited that our paper on factors predictive of outcome in VNS is now in print Epilepsia 👇 doi.org/10.1111/epi.18…

Pleased to circulate our latest publication, a video primer on anteromesial #temporal #lobectomy for #epilepsy. A great resource for #neurosurgery #residents, fellows & students interested in #epilepsy #surgery! Details here: app.jove.com/v/67658 #neuroanatomy #brain

Excellent course on everything #Epilepsy #Surgery -related, from pathology to anatomy 🧠 and even how to set up a new service! With an incredible cadaveric section too. Highly recommend for 2026! Cleveland Clinic