Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Neuro-ophthalmology.

Emerging subspecialties in neurology: deep brain stimulation and electrical neuro-network modulation.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical therapy that involves the delivery of an electrical current to one or more brain targets. This technology has been rapidly expanding to address movement, neuropsychiatric, and other disorders. The evolution of DBS has created a niche for neurologists, both in the operating room and in the clinic. Since DBS is not always deep, not always brain, and not ...

Neuro-ophthalmology in Hungary.

I n the 1960s, neuro-ophthalmology in Hungary began in the Neurology Clinic of Semmelweis University (Budapest), with the collaboration of Dr. Istvan Olah, a neuro-ophthalmologist, and Dr. Bela Horanyi, a neurologist. It was from this point forward that the importance of ophthalmic symptoms in neurologic disorders was emphasized, both in clinical practice and in medical education. At the same t...

Neuro-ophthalmology in france.

I nterest in neuro-ophthalmology in France dates back to the 19th century with the publications by an ophthalmologist, Henri Parinaud, a collaborator of Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris. At that time, a physiologist, Claude Bernard, and a neurologist, Eugène Devic, participated in the description of various neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes. In the 1930s, academic neurologists in Paris, including Pier...

Investigation of visual loss: neuro-ophthalmology from a neurologist's perspective.

Neuro-ophthalmology in Switzerland.

N euro-ophthalmology in Switzerland stands on the shoulders of giants. One hundred fifty years ago, Friedrich Horner was the first ophthalmologist to hold an independent chair at the University of Zurich. Hans Goldmann invented—among many other examination techniques—the kinetic perimeter named after him while teaching and working at the University of Bern. Adolphe Franceschetti made important ...