Useful websites for neurosurgery and neuropathology
| Site name | URL | Site description |
|---|---|---|
| Uniform resource locators (URLs) correct on 30 September 2002. These URLs are downloadable as a Bookmarks/Favorites file from the JNNP web site (www.jnnp.com). | ||
| Clinical information | ||
| Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology on the Internet | www.neuropat.dote.hu | • Excellent neuroanatomy and neuropathology site |
| Anatomy.tv | www.anatomy.tv | • Three dimensional anatomical models |
| Whole Brain Atlas | www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB | • Magnetic resonance images of normal and pathological brains |
| The Merck Manual | www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual | • Medical textbook covering neurological disease |
| Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim | • Database of rare genetic conditions |
| Patient information | ||
| Brain and Spine Foundation (BSF) | www.bbsf.org.uk | • Patient information and list of other charity web sites |
| Neurosurgery://On-call | www.neurosurgery.org | • Image bank, patient information, cyber museum |
| Professional organisations | ||
| Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) | www.sbns.org | • Web site of the SBNS |
| European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) | www.eans.org | • European examination, course, and conference |
| American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) | www.neurosurgery.org/aans | • Conference, Journal of Neurosurgery |
| Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) | www.neurosurgery.org/cns | • Conference, Neurosurgery |
| World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) | www.wfns.org | • Worldwide neurosurgery societies and journals |
| International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN) | www.ispn.org | • Course, conference, and link to Child’s Nervous System |
| European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) | www.espneurosurgery.org | • Course and conference details |
| British Neuropathological Society | www.bns.org.uk | • Conference, mailing list, and news |
| Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | www.rcsed.ac.uk | |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | www.rcsi.ie | |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | www.rcseng.ac.uk | |
| Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow | www.rcpsglasg.ac.uk | |
| Royal College of Pathologists | www.rcpath.org | |
| Doctor to Doctor | www.doctortodoctor.org | • Neurosurgical mailing list |
| Academic resources | ||
| British Neurosurgical Trainees Association (BNTA) | www.bnta.org | • Courses, conferences, mailing list, logbooks, and training |
| Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training (JCHST) (and Specialist Advisory Committees) | www.jchst.org | • Training regulations |
| Intercollegiate Specialty Boards | www.intercollegiate.org.uk | • Examination dates, locations, and syllabus |
| British Neurosurgical Research Group (BNRG) | www.ncl.ac.uk/bnrg | • Conference details |
| Cervical Spine Research Society | www.csrs.org | • Conference details |
| Corticosteroid randomisation after significant head injury trial | www.crash.lshtm.ac.uk | • Protocol, recruitment progress |
| Surgical trial in intracerebral haemorrhage | www.ncl.ac.uk/stich | • Protocol, recruitment progress |
| Teaching resources | ||
| Web-Based Surgical Simulators and Medical Education Tools | synaptic.mvc.mcc.ac.uk/simulators.html | • Lumbar puncture and external ventricular drain tutor |
| Interactive Atlases: Digital Anatomist Project | vertex.biostr.washington.edu/da.html | • Anatomical diagrams and quizzes |