Scientific and practical peer-reviewed journal. This publication covers the theoretical, practical and organizational problems of modern neurosurgery, the latest advances in the treatment of various diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system. Founded in 1937. English version of the journal translates from Russian version since #1/2013.
Language of publication: Russian. English version of the most interesting articles is marked as En-version and available in free access in PDF.
Scientific and practical peer-reviewed journal.
This publication covers the theoretical, practical and organizational problems of modern neurosurgery, the latest advances in the treatment of various diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system.
Founded in 1937. English version of the journal translates from Russian version since #1/2013.
Journal is indexed in RISCI (Russian Index of Science Citation), Web of Science (Russian Science Citation Index – RSCI), PubMed/Medline, Index Medicus, Chemical Abstracts, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Google Scholar.
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Alexander N. Konovalov
Editor-in-Chief, Prof., Acad. of the RAS, MD, PhD, Honorary President, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, president of Russian Association of Neurological Surgeons (Moscow, Russia)
Oleg N. Dreval
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of Department, Russian Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education (Moscow, Russia)
Andrey V. Kozlov
Executive Secretary, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Leading Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Anna A. Shulgina
Scientific Editor, MD, PhD, N.N. Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosurgery (Moscow, Russia)
Olga B. Belousova
Scientific Editor, Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
G. V. Antonov
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Center, Neurosurgical Center of the Federal State Budgetary Institution A.A. Vishnevsky 3 Central Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Ali Kh. Bekyashev
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgical Department, Federal State Budgetary Institution N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Shamil Kh. Gizatullin
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgical Center, Head Neurosurgeon of the Hospital, N.N. Burdenko Chief Military Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Andrey V. Golanov
Member of the Editorial Board, Corr. Member of the RAS, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the radiology department, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Sergey K. Gorelyshev
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the department, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Yuriy A. Grigoryan
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Center, Federal Center of Neurosurgery, Federal State Autonomous Establishment Treatment and Rehabilitation Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Andrey A. Grin
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chief freelance neurosurgeon, Head of the Scientific Department of Emergency Neurosurgery at the N.V. Sklifosov Scientific Research Institute of Neurosurgery of the Moscow City Health Department (Moscow, Russia)
Artem O. Gushcha
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the department, Scientific Center of Neurology (Moscow, Russia)
Gleb V. Danilov
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Scientific secretary, FSAU N.N.Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery (Moscow, Russia)
Grigoriy Yu. Evzikov
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgery Department, Kozhevnikov Nervous Diseases Clinic (University Clinical Hospital No.3 at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University) (Moscow, Russia)
Anton M. Zaytsev
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Head of the neurosurgical department of the Herzen Research Institute for Neurosurgery, a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution NIITs Radiology of the Russian Ministry of Health (Moscow, Russia)
Olimdzhan S. Iskhakov
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Leading Researcher, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotrauma, Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology of the Moscow City Health Department (Moscow, Russia)
Pavel L. Kalinin
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, leading researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Vladislav B. Karakhan
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Leading Researcher at the Neurosurgical Department of the N.N. Trapeznikov Clinical Oncology Research Institute, FGBU N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of Russia (Moscow, Russia)
Gayrat M. Kariev
Member of the Editorial Board, - Prof., MD, PhD, Director of the Specialized Scientific and Practical Center of Neurosurgery under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Grigory L. Kobyakov
Member of the Editorial Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Leading Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Nikolay A. Konovalov
Member of the Editorial Board, Corr. Member of the RAS, Prof., MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Head of Spinal Neurosurgery, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Valeriy N. Kornienko
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., acad. of RAS, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Russian Academy of Science (Moscow, Russia)
Andrey G. Korshunov
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, German Cancer Research Center Division of Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology (Heidelberg, Germany)
Aleksey L. Krivoshapkin
Member of the Editorial Board, Corr. Member of the RAS, Prof., MD, PhD, Rector and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, EMC Medical School (Moscow, Russia)
Vladimir V. Krylov
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., acad. of RAS, MD, PhD, Head of the department, N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of Moscow Healthcare Department (Russia)
Valeriy A. Lazarev
Member of the Editorial Board, - Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Vascular Department of Neurosurgery, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Additional Professional Education Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Leonid B. Likhterman
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Andrey Lubnin
Member of Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Anesthesiology and Resuscitation Department, Academician N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Center (Moscow, Russia)
Armenak G. Melikyan
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the department, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Anton G. Nazarenko
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof. of RAS, MD, PhD, Head Physician, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Viacheslav V. Nazarov
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Viktor E. Olyushin
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chief Researcher, Neurosurgical Department No.4, Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute named after Professor A.L. Polenov, Federal State Budgetary Institution V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Alexandr L. Parfenov
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Scientific Reabilitation Center (Moscow, Russia)
Sergei S. Petrikov
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof. of the RAS, MD, PhD, Director, N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of the Moscow Healthcare Department (Moscow, Russia) (Moscow, Russia)
Konstantin A. Popugaev
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of the Moscow Healthcare Department (Moscow, Russia)
Igor N. Pronin
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., acad. of RAS, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Dzhamil A. Rzaev
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Chief Physician Federal State Budgetary Institution Federal Center of Neurosurgery of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Novosibirsk, Russia)
Albert S. Saribekyan
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the department, Clinical City Hospital #15 (Moscow, Russia)
Zhana B. Semenova
Member of the Editorial Board, MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgery and Neurotrauma Department of the State Budgetary Institution Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology of the Moscow Health Department (Moscow, Russia)
Musheg A. Stepanyan
Member of the Editorial Board, - MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgery Department, Clinical Hospital No. 1 (Volyn) Office of the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
Albert A. Sufianov
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chief Doctor of the Federal Centre for Neurosurgery of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Tyumen, Russia)
Sergey V. Tanyashin
Member of the Editorial Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Valeriy V. Timirgaz
Member of the Editorial Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Deputy Director for Science, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (Chisinau, Moldova)
Teodor P. Tissen
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Aleksey A. Tomsky
Member of the Editorial Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Dmitriy Yu. Usachev
Member of the Editorial Board, Corr. Member of the RAS, Prof., MD, PhD, Director, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Vilyam A. Khachatryan
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chief Researcher of the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery of the National Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Federal State Budgetary Institution V.A. Almazov National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Vasily A. Cherekaev
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the department, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Giya G. Shaginyan
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (Moscow, Russia)
Vadim N. Shimanskiy
Member of the Editorial Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of Department, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Liudmila V. Shishkina
Member of the Editorial Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Shalva Sh. Eliava
Member of the Editorial Board, Corr. Member of the RAS, Prof., PhD, Head of the department, Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute (Moscow, Russia)
Serik K. Akshulakov
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chairman of the Management Board, JSC National Neurosurgery Center ( Kazakhstan)
Sergey R. Arustamyan
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, - Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Russia)
Artem Yu. Belyaev
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Russia)
Valeriy P. Bersnev
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgical Department of Reconstructive and Restorative Surgery of Damages and Diseases of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System and Functional Neurosurgery, Chief Researcher, V.A. Almazov North-West Federal Medical Research Center (Russia)
Ol'ga A. Gadzhieva
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, MD, PhD, Head of the Clinical Diagnostic Research Laboratory, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Russia)
Boris V. Gaidar
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., Acad. of RAS, MD, PhD, Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute named after Professor AL Polenov (Russia)
Artur A. Grigoryan
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Georgia Neurosurgical Institute (USA)
Svetlana A. Dambinova
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., PhD, Head of Brain Biomarkers Lab, DeKalb Medical Center (USA)
Jean Michel Derlon
Mrmber of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Caen (France)
Nikolay V. Dobzhanskii
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, MD, PhD, Neurosurgical department with vascular and endovascular surgery. Scientific Center of Neurology (Russia)
Georgiy F. Dobrovolskiy
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Neurosurgical Anatomy and Preservation of Biological Materials, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Russia)
Mikhail B. Dolgishin
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head, Department of Radiological and Radionuclide Diagnostic Methods, Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology (Russia)
Grigoriy N. Enikolopov
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., PhD, Center for Developmental Genetics and Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University (USA)
Yuriy A. Zozulya
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, - Prof., MD, PhD, Institute of Neurosurgery. Acad. A.P. Romodanova AMS of Ukraine (Ukraine)
Evgeniy N. Kondakov
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Almazov National Medical Research Centre (Russia)
Anatoliy N. Kondratev
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chief Researcher at the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Head of the Research Laboratory for Neuroprotection and Neuro-Metabolic Disorders, Chief Freelance Specialist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for Anesthesiology and Resuscitation of the North-Western Federal District. (Russia)
Dmitriy E. Matsko
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Vladimir N. Nikolenko
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, - Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Human Anatomy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Russia)
Evgeniy G. Pedachenko
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Director, State Institution of the Acad Institute of Neurosurgery. A.P. Romodanova NAMS of Ukraine (Ukraine)
Dmitriy A. Ptashnikov
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, R.R.Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (Russia)
Shamil M. Safin
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, G.G. Kuvatov Republican Clinical Hospital (Russia)
Dmitriy V. Svistov
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Clinic of Neurosurgery, Federal State Budgetary Military Educational Institution of Higher Education. S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Russian Ministry of Defense (Russia)
Natalya K. Serova
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Chief Researcher, Head of the Ophthalmological Research Group, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institue (Russia)
Konstantin V. Slavin
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Arnold F. Smeyanovich
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of the Neurosurgical Department, Republican Scientific-Applied Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery (Belarus)
Aleksey V. Smolin
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, MD, PhD, Head of the Radiology Center - Chief Radiologist of the Hospital, Federal State Budgetary Institution Chief Military Clinical Hospital named after Academician N.N. Burdenko (Russia)
Aldo Spallone
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, - Prof., MD, N.C.L. Neurological Center of Latium, Section of Neurosurgery (Italy)
Segrey Spektor
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Hadassah University Medical Centre, Department of Neurosurgery (Israel)
Mikhail V. Talabaev
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, MD, PhD, Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery (Belarus)
Ruben V. Fanardzhyan
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Russia)
Aleksandr P. Fraeman
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Privolzhsky Federal Research Medical Centre (Russia)
Vitaliy A. Hilko
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Military medical academy of S.M. Kirov (Russia)
Vitaliy I. Tsymbalyuk
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Scientific Director of the Department of Restorative Neurosurgery, State Institution Institute of Neurosurgery named after Akad. A.P. Romodanov National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine)
Vladislav Yu. Cherebillo
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Almazov National Medical Research Centre (Russia)
Oleg I. Shcherbenko
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Russian Scientific Center of Roentgeno-Radiology (Russia)
Yuriy A. Shcherbuk
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., Acad. of the RAS, MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, St. Petersburg State University (Russia)
Igor V. Yakovenko
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, - Prof., MD, PhD, Almazov National Medical Research Centre (Russia)
Sergey B. Yakovlev
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Prof., MD, PhD, Head of department, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute (Russia)
Maksim Ya. Yankelevich
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Assoc. Prof., MD, PhD, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital of Michigan (USA)
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| Regular journal article | Белая Ж.Е., Рожинская Л.Я., Мельниченко Г.А., Ситкин И.И., Дзеранова Л.К., Марова Е.И., Вакс В.В., Воронцов А.В., Ильин А.В., Колесникова Г.С., Дедов И.И. Роль градиента пролактина и АКТГ/пролактин-нормализованного отношения для повышения чувствительности и специфичности селективного забора крови из нижних каменистых синусов для дифференциальной диагностики АКТГ-зависимого гиперкортицизма. Проблемы эндокринологии. 2013;59(4):3-10. [...] https://doi.org/10.14341/probl20135943-10 | Vega K. Heart Transplantation Is Associated with an Increased Risk for Pancreaticobiliary Disease. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1996;124(11):980. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-124-11-199606010... |
| Journal article within an appendix | Самсонов С.Н., Петрова П.Г., Соколов В.Д., Стрекаловская А.А., Макаров Г.А., Иванов К.И. Гелиогеофизическая возмущенность и обострения сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний. Журнал неврологии и психиатрии им. С.С. Корсакова. 2005;(14)(прил. Инсульт):18-22.[...] | Crinò L, Cappuzzo F. Present and future treatment of advanced non–small cell lung cancer. Seminars in Oncology. 2002;29(3)(suppl 9):9-16. https://doi.org/10.1053/sonc.2002.34266 |
| Book (authors) | Гиляревский С.Р. Миокардиты: современные подходы к диагностике и лечению. М.: Медиа Сфера; 2008.[...] | Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996. |
| Book (edited) |
Whole book: Инфекции, передаваемые половым путем. Под ред. Аковбяна В.А, Прохоренкова В.И., Соколовского Е.В. М.: Издательство Медиа Сфера; 2007. [...] Part of the book: Инфекции, передаваемые половым путем. Под ред. Аковбяна В.А, Прохоренкова В.И., Соколовского Е.В. М.: Издательство Медиа Сфера; 2007:11-33.[...] |
Whole book: Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, eds. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996. Part of the book: Lewinsohn P. Depression in adolescents. In: Gottlib IH, Hammen CL, eds. Handbook of Depression. New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2002:541-553. |
| Legal documents (draft laws, codes, resolutions, warrants, federal standards, rules) (only open access publications) | Федеральный закон Российской Федерации №323-Ф3 от 21 ноября 2011 г. «Об основах охраны здоровья граждан Российской Федерации». Ссылка активна на 12.12.2014. [...] http://www.rosminzdrav.ru/documents/7025-federalnyy-zakon-323-fz-ot-21-noyabrya-2011-g | |
| Patents (only open access publications) | Патент РФ на изобретение №2193864/ 10.12.02. Бюл. №34. Газазян М.Г., Пономарева Н.А., Иванова О.Ю. Способ ранней диагностики вторичной плацентарной недостаточности. Ссылка активна на 12.12.2014. [...] http://www.ntpo.com/patents_medicine/medicine_1/medicine_432.shtml | Rabiner RA, Hare BA, inventors; OmniSonics Medical Technologies Inc, assignee. Apparatus for removing plaque from blood vessels using ultrasonic energy. US patent 6,866,670. March 15, 2005. |
| Media and online materials | Протокол исследования больных с нарушениями сна [архив]. Ссылка активна на 12.12.2014. [...] http://sleepmed.ru/protissl.zip | Hormone replacement therapy [audio]. National Public Radio. August 5, 2002. Accessed March 4, 2004. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1147833 |
| Electronic journal article | Полуэктов М.Г. Первичные и вторичные инсомнии и расстройства дыхания во сне. Журнал неврологии и психиатрии им. С.С. Корсакова. 2011;111(9)(2):10-18. Ссылка активна на 12.12.2014. [...] http://www.mediasphera.ru/journals/korsakov/detail/782/12404/ | Duchin JS. Can preparedness for biological terrorism save us from pertussis? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(2):106-107. Accessed June 1, 2004. http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/158/2/106 |
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