The Neurophysiological School of the Polenov Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute: The First 100 Years. Part 1
https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2026-6-48-53
Abstract
The world's first neurosurgical institute was established in Leningrad in 1926 and now bears the name Polenov Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute (branch of the Almazov National Medical Research Center). Neurophysiology has been one of the main areas of scientific research since the Institute was set up. An original scientific school was formed, with A.D. Speransky and A.V. Lebedinsky at its origins. From the very beginning, neurosurgery was formed in an inseparable alliance with intraoperative neurophysiology, whose history dates back to the use of electrophysiological techniques in peripheral nervous system surgery. The established clinical and physiological direction allowed the institute to take one of the leading positions in fundamental and clinical neurophysiology in the 1930s and 1940s. The team's scientific activities were characterized by the mutual penetration of neurosurgery and neurophysiology research.
About the Authors
M. V. Aleksandrov
Federal State Budget Institution Almazov National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian
Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
M.V. Aleksandrov – Dr. of Medicine, Professor, Head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Department
Saint Petersburg
I. A. Kostenko
Federal State Budget Institution Almazov National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian
Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I.A. Kostenko – Ph.D. in Medicine, Head of the Neurocognitive Research Office of the Clinical Neurophysiology Department
Saint Petersburg
O. A. Toporkova
Federal State Budget Institution Almazov National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian
Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
O.A. Toporkova – Ph.D. in Medicine, Head of the Electroneuromyography Office of the Clinical Neurophysiology Department
Saint Petersburg
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Aleksandrov M.V., Kostenko I.A., Toporkova O.A. The Neurophysiological School of the Polenov Russian Research Neurosurgical Institute: The First 100 Years. Part 1. Medical alphabet. 2026;(6):48-53. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.33667/2078-5631-2026-6-48-53
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