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Over the past five years, the Division of Neurosurgery has experienced an unprecedented growth and is widely regarded as a leading neurosurgical academic unit in Canada. MORE

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The PoleStar® iMRI Navigation System, a revolutionary compact iMRI and navigation system, provides surgeons with real-time, high-quality images before, during, and after brain tumor surgery. MORE

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This has been another great year for research in the Division of Neurosurgery. Division members are involved in a wide spectrum of research. MORE

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The major objective of the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program at Dalhousie is the development of skilled neurosurgeons in the clinical care of neurosurgical patients. MORE

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The Division of Neurosurgery is an integral part of the Brain Repair Centre, the largest and most comprehensive health research initiative in Atlantic Canada. MORE

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Most Recent Publications

Mitra P and Brownstone RM. (2012) An In Vitro Spinal Cord Slice Preparation for Recording from Lumbar Motoneurons of the Adult Mouse. J Neurophysiol 107: 728–741.

Anderson TM, Abbinanti MD, Peck JH, Gilmour M, Brownstone RM, Masino MA. (2012) Low-Threshold Calcium Currents Contribute to Locomotor-Like Activity in Neonatal Mice. J Neurophysiol. 107:103-113.

Bretzner F, Gilbert F, Baylis F, Brownstone RM. Target populations for first in-human embryonic stem cell research in spinal  cord injury.  Cell Stem Cell.  8:468-73. 2011

Brownstone RM and Stuart DG. Whither motoneurons? Brain Res.  1409:93-103. 2011

Brownstone RM, Krawitz S, Jordan LM.  Reversal of the late phase of spike frequency adaptation in cat spinal  motoneurons during fictive locomotion. Journal of Neurophysiology.  105:1045-50. 2011

Stuart DG and Brownstone RM.  The beginning of intracellular recording in spinal neurons: facts, reflections  and speculations.   Brain Res.  1409:62-92. 2011