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Epilepsy research at the Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez in Mexico

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 116; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107792

1525-5069

Daniel San‐Juan,

Anesthesia and Sedative Agents

I read with great interest the scientific article published in your prestigious journal by Carmen Rubio et al, titled Epilepsy: A bibliometric analysis (1968–2020) of the Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suarez" (INNN MVS) in Mexico [ [1] Rubio C. Luna R. Ibarra-Velasco M. Lee Á. Epilepsy: A bibliometric analysis (1968–2020) of the Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía "Manuel Velasco Suarez" in Mexico. Epilepsy Behav. 2021; 115: 107676https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107676 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar ]. The INNN MVS is among the largest and more comprehensive centers studying epilepsy in the world. Founded by a neurosurgeon Dr. Manuel Velasco Suarez in 1964, it was initially envisioned as an institution where the 3 main categories of clinical neurosciences, neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, would collaborate with similar academic relevance [ [2] Sotelo J. The National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico on its 40th anniversary. Surg Neurol. 2004; 61: 204-206https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surneu.2003.07.004 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar ]. The initial papers published by his Founder in 1970 and 1977 were related to specific topics in epilepsy such as the effects of electrical and chemical stimulation of limbic structures in epilepsy [ [3] Velasco-Suárez M.M. Electrical and chemical stimulation of limbic structures within the temporal lobe. Clinical findings. Stereotaxic approach. Bibl Psychiatr. 1970; 143: 187-196https://doi.org/10.1159/000103510 Crossref PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar ], and social issues such as socio-medical aspects of epilepsy in the Latin-America context [ [4] Velasco-Suárez M.M. Medico-social aspects of epilepsy in Latin America. Neurol Neurocir Psiquiatr. 1977; 18: 257-263 PubMed Google Scholar ]. The first research laboratories in the INNN MVS were dedicated to the study of Sleep, Epilepsy, Animal Behavioral Studies, Physiology of Awareness, and the scientific excellence of these labs are maintained throughout the last half a century [ [5] San-juan O.D. Aguirre-Cruz L. Márquez-González K. Dávila-Rodrigez D. Bonilla-Hernández R. Moncayo-Olivares J.M. Scientific productivity in neurosciences in a national Institute of health of Mexico (1998–2017). Archivos de Neurociencias (Mex). 2018; 23: 32-41https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/arcneu/ane-2018/ane183d.pdf Google Scholar ].