Focus and Scope
Focus and Scope
Official publication of Cuban Society of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Publisher: Editorial Ciencias Médicas
Mission: Designated to publish outstanding articles about Neurology and Neurosurgery with the objective of satisfied the need of professional and new information, and potentiate the development of both specialties. It includes original articles, case presentation, literature review, historical articles, correspondence and other sections related with neurological and neurosurgical practice.
Subjects:
- - Neurology: ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke; Headaches and neuralgia; Epileptic seizures and epilepsy; Cognitive-behavioral impairment; Parkinsonism and other movement disorders; Nervous system infections; Neurodegenerative diseases; Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders; Diseases of the autonomic nervous system; Spinal cord diseases; Neuromuscular diseases; Toxic nervous system disorders; Sleep disorders, Nervous system malformations; Neurocutaneous syndromes; History of Neurology in Cuba.
- - Neurosurgery: Trauma of the nervous system; Hydrocephalus, intracranial cyst and cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Surgery on stroke, epilepsy and movement disorders; Intracranial aneurysm and other cerebral vascular malformations; Nervous system tumors; Stereotactic procedures; Cranioplasty and dural grafting; Craniosynostosis, Arnold-Chiari malformation, and neural tube dysrafias; Compressive spinal cord injuries and/or nerve roots; Procedures in intractable pain; History of Neurosurgery in Cuba.
Readers and authors: Specialized medical staff (neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurophysiologists, neuropediatrics, neuropsychiatrics, neuropsychologists, neurorehabilitators, neuro-nurses), non-specialized medical professional (family physician, internist, intensivist, and others), and medical science students with an interest in neuroscientific specialties.