Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition involving the inflammation of the
colon and small intestine. IBD affects as many as 1.4 million people in the US alone and …

Background Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), though relatively rare, have the
propensity to cause potentially fatal conditions, such as intracranial hemorrhage. Methods …

The serotonergic raphe nuclei are involved in regulating brain states over timescales of
minutes and hours. We examined more rapid effects of raphe activation on two classes of …

Schizophrenia is a chronic and progressive psychiatric disease that remains difficult to
manage in the 21st century. Current medical therapies have been able to give reprieve and …

Degeneration of the intervertebral discs is a progressive cascade of cellular, compositional
and structural changes that is frequently associated with low back pain. As the first signs of …

Study Design. A retrospective review. Objective. This study aimed to determine the factors
associated with malpractice litigation in cases involving spine surgery in the United States …

Inputs from olfactory sensory neuron (OSN) axons expressing the same type of odorant
receptor (OR) converge in the glomerulus of the main olfactory bulb. A key marker of mature …

OBJECTIVE Publication metrics such as the Hirsch index (h-index) are often used to
evaluate and compare research productivity in academia. The h-index is not a field …

Background In 2014, the Young Neurosurgeons Committee under the American Association
of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) began allowing medical schools to create AANS Medical …

Abstract Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols are widespread in several
fields, particularly general surgery, and attempt to deliver surgical care at a lower cost while …