Product Description: The Third Advanced Seminar in Neurosurgical Research was held in the Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Venice, Italy from 30th April to 1st May, 1987 and was devoted to "Neuroendocrinological Aspects of Neurosurgery". The general aim of these advanced seminars is to bring together European Neurosurgeons interested or involved in research work, either clinically, experimentally or both, in a given field in order to achieve in-depth informal discussions not possible in the more conventional large congress...read more

Product Description: In 1995 Portuguese author José Cardoso Pires suffered a cerebral ischemia which led to loss of memory and problems in the neural centers that control speech and writing. Against all medical odds, he slowly recuperated until he was able to narrate his slow return to life from death’s door as well as how he recovered his memory, and recovered his very identity in the process...read more