BACKGROUND: A great deal of research has focused on demonstrating the existence of mirror neurons in @entity1 and the factors that modulate their activity after their discovery in macaques approximately two decades ago. OBJECTIVES: With this in mind, the parieto-frontal @entity528 ( @entity528 ) has been described as a brain network that is activated when either an action is executed or as it is observed. The clinical importance of these findings have been related with @entity16 , but no one has focused until now on the possibilities that this network could provide to achieve better results in neurosurgical @entity1 . METHODS AND RESULTS: One of the applications of the @entity528 with clinical significance is the observation based rehabilitation programs. These programs have demonstrated their usefulness in certain pathologic entities but as yet there are no reports regarding neurosurgical @entity1 in the literature. The activation of brain areas during observation of motor actions which are also activated when those actions are executed define the physiopathological principle of this kind of therapy that has been shown to get better results than standard rehabilitation programs and that should also be tested on neurosurgical @entity1 . If observation based rehabilitation is considered, the @entity528 should be as intact as possible. Indeed, the surgeon can try to respect mirror areas during surgery by mapping them pre-surgically. Furthermore, damage to the @entity528 is associated with some degree of @entity73 , so better functional results can be achieved by respecting these mirror areas. CONCLUSION: Therefore, the aim of the present work is to describe how the @entity528 can contribute to neurosurgery and to put forward the hypothesis that by considering and using @entity528 properties better functional outcomes can be achieved.

The role of mirror neurons in neurosurgical XXXX : A few general considerations and rehabilitation perspectives.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['humans', 'patients'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive impairment'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurological and psychiatric disorders'] @entity528 :: ('MESH:D009410', 'Disease') :: ['mirror neuron system', 'MNS']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
