Author: Guilherme C. Ribas, MD
Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 132 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani
“Comprehension of brain architecture is fundamental,” for the proper understanding and medical practice of neuroanatomy and its biochemical, functional, genetic, histological, morphological, and radiological dimensions, writes the author of this book Dr. Guilherme C. Ribas in his Preface.
The study of the architecture of the brain includes the following:
- Appraisal of the sizes and shapes of the neural structures, and
- Their relationships with each other
- Their relationships with the intracranial natural spaces which are the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces
- Their related vessels and cranial spaces
- Relationships of the cerebral surfaces with the skull
The author writes that the aim of this book is to “provide a tridimensional understanding particularly of the cerebral hemispheres, and of the relationships of the cerebral surfaces of the skull’s outer surfaces.”
The contents of this short book of only 132 pages are allocated among only three chapters:
- Historical Remarks
- The Cerebral Architecture
- Cranial-Cerebral Relationships Applied to Micro-neurosurgery
The first chapter presents and discusses knowledge about the cerebral surface and the methods of establishing cranial-cerebral relationships for neurosurgeons.
The second chapter deals with and discusses cerebral anatomy as seen more from an architectural perspective, and with more emphasis on the sulci and gyri of the cerebral surface.
The third chapter describes the cranial-cerebral relationships through the concept of sulcal and cerebral key points and as applied to the practice of modern neurosurgery.
This book had its origins in two theses written by the author while studying at the University of Sao Paolo Medical. School.
Author:
Guilherme C. Ribas, MD is Neurosurgeon at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Sao Paolo Medical School.
