{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204232228","doi":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","title":"Cornucopia: a mythological landmark in the posterior fossa","display_name":"Cornucopia: a mythological landmark in the posterior fossa","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-06-30","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204232228","doi":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.37085/nsa.2026.5","doi":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","pdf_url":"https://www.neurosurgeryanatomy.com/journal/article/download/49/56","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4404676787","display_name":"Neurological Surgery And Anatomy.","issn_l":"2966-0696","issn":["2966-0696"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316070","host_organization_name":"Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316070"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Neurological Surgery and Anatomy","raw_type":"journal-article"},"parent_works":[],"lineage":["https://openalex.org/W7204232228"],"child_works_count":0,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://www.neurosurgeryanatomy.com/journal/article/download/49/56","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112169074","display_name":"Carolina Martins","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0197-3520","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0197-3520"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I25112270","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Pernambuco","ror":"https://ror.org/047908t24","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I25112270"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carolina Martins","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil / Pernambuco School of Health, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0197-3520","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil / Pernambuco School of Health, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25112270"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047823913","display_name":"Guilherme Cristiano Garcia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7647-3408","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7647-3408"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71437568","display_name":"Universidade de Pernambuco","ror":"https://ror.org/00gtcbp88","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71437568"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guilherme Cristiano Garcia","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7647-3408","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71437568"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113258823","display_name":"Florisvaldo Jos\u00e9 Morais Vasconcelos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0605-1044","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0605-1044"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I25112270","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Pernambuco","ror":"https://ror.org/047908t24","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I25112270"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Florisvaldo Jos\u00e9 Morais Vasconcelos Junior","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0605-1044","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25112270"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120458661","display_name":"Isa\u00edas Henrique Martins de Vasconcelos Norte Bezerra","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0102-0022","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0102-0022"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71437568","display_name":"Universidade de Pernambuco","ror":"https://ror.org/00gtcbp88","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71437568"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Isa\u00edas Henrique Martins de Vasconcelos Norte Bezerra","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0102-0022","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71437568"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057051895","display_name":"Marcelo Moraes Val\u00ean\u00e7a","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0678-3782","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0678-3782","https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-0928"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I25112270","display_name":"Universidade Federal de Pernambuco","ror":"https://ror.org/047908t24","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I25112270"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marcelo Moraes Valen\u00e7a","raw_affiliation_strings":["Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0678-3782","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25112270"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101641850","display_name":"A. Martins","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-8622","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-8622"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210111560","display_name":"Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira","ror":"https://ror.org/01rtyyz33","country_code":"BR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210111560"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71437568","display_name":"Universidade de Pernambuco","ror":"https://ror.org/00gtcbp88","country_code":"BR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71437568"]}],"countries":["BR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Antonio Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Martins","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pernambuco School of Health, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil / Prof. Fernando Figueira Institute of Integrative Medicine, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1249-8622","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pernambuco School of Health, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil / Prof. Fernando Figueira Institute of Integrative Medicine, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210111560","https://openalex.org/I71437568"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.4955,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91564987,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"3","issue":"1","first_page":"24","last_page":"31"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14134","display_name":"Classical Anatomy and Histology","score":0.8848000168800354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2702","display_name":"Anatomy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14134","display_name":"Classical Anatomy and Histology","score":0.8848000168800354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2702","display_name":"Anatomy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13735","display_name":"History of Medical Practice","score":0.032999999821186066,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2746","display_name":"Surgery"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11984","display_name":"Anatomy and Medical Technology","score":0.032499998807907104,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cornucopia","display_name":"cornucopia","score":0.9929999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cerebellopontine-angle","display_name":"cerebellopontine angle","score":0.8320000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/foramen-of-luschka","display_name":"foramen of Luschka","score":0.921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anatomical-landmarks","display_name":"anatomical landmarks","score":0.609000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microneurosurgery","display_name":"microneurosurgery","score":0.6859999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/posterior-fossa-surgery","display_name":"posterior fossa surgery","score":0.8460000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/history-of-neuroanatomy","display_name":"history of neuroanatomy","score":0.7139999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/retrosigmoid-approach","display_name":"retrosigmoid approach","score":0.9309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telovelar-approach","display_name":"telovelar approach","score":0.8379999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/endoscope-assisted-surgery","display_name":"endoscopic-assisted surgery","score":0.8059999942779541}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105702510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514","display_name":"Anatomy","level":1,"score":0.7452999949455261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86605331","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3617410","display_name":"Cerebellopontine angle","level":3,"score":0.6337000131607056},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776538271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q926250","display_name":"Choroid plexus","level":3,"score":0.5938000082969666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.5404000282287598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780297707","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4895393","display_name":"Landmark","level":2,"score":0.46470001339912415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780674711","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436579","display_name":"Foramen","level":2,"score":0.4569000005722046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175696284","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q986524","display_name":"Cadaveric spasm","level":2,"score":0.43529999256134033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152076505","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126540","display_name":"French horn","level":2,"score":0.3709999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780236928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503944","display_name":"Posterior cranial fossa","level":2,"score":0.35569998621940613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779988585","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7204920","display_name":"Plexus","level":2,"score":0.31929999589920044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105572291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7002775","display_name":"Neurovascular bundle","level":2,"score":0.3172000050544739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776473159","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069121","display_name":"Fourth ventricle","level":2,"score":0.30820000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777462451","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1518719","display_name":"Internal auditory meatus","level":3,"score":0.2896000146865845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018385824","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2910873","display_name":"Anatomical landmark","level":2,"score":0.287200003862381},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780264453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518616","display_name":"Anterior choroidal artery","level":3,"score":0.2863999903202057},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91762617","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48422","display_name":"Cadaver","level":2,"score":0.2800999879837036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781437307","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977628","display_name":"Microsurgery","level":2,"score":0.2542000114917755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993788527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7234193","display_name":"Posterior fossa","level":2,"score":0.2508000135421753}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.37085/nsa.2026.5","doi":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","pdf_url":"https://www.neurosurgeryanatomy.com/journal/article/download/49/56","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4404676787","display_name":"Neurological Surgery And Anatomy.","issn_l":"2966-0696","issn":["2966-0696"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316070","host_organization_name":"Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316070"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Neurological Surgery and Anatomy","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.37085/nsa.2026.5","doi":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.37085/nsa.2026.5","pdf_url":"https://www.neurosurgeryanatomy.com/journal/article/download/49/56","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4404676787","display_name":"Neurological Surgery And Anatomy.","issn_l":"2966-0696","issn":["2966-0696"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316070","host_organization_name":"Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316070"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Neurological Surgery and Anatomy","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204232228.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204232228.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1506980049","https://openalex.org/W1804808373","https://openalex.org/W1901500358","https://openalex.org/W1979983740","https://openalex.org/W2022204772","https://openalex.org/W2066277934","https://openalex.org/W2071045691","https://openalex.org/W2078148963","https://openalex.org/W2113762196","https://openalex.org/W2319147407","https://openalex.org/W2624156656"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2071045691","https://openalex.org/W2624156656","https://openalex.org/W2354354167","https://openalex.org/W2922488821","https://openalex.org/W2344184215","https://openalex.org/W2377832721","https://openalex.org/W2355615365","https://openalex.org/W4254762590","https://openalex.org/W2902500614","https://openalex.org/W2783158001"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"IntroductionThe":[0],"term":[1,60,75,92],"cornucopia":[2,93,142,157],"has":[3],"been":[4],"used":[5],"anatomically":[6],"to":[7,35,48,135,214],"describe":[8],"the":[9,12,16,26,29,32,39,44,59,68,74,84,91,103,130,137,141,144,165,186,194,215],"area":[10],"around":[11],"lateral":[13],"recess":[14],"of":[15,31,46,73,90,107,121,129,140,167],"fourth":[17],"ventricle.":[18],"First":[19],"proposed":[20],"by":[21,224],"Vincent":[22],"Bochdalek":[23],"in":[24,54,80,102,172,220,237],"1849,":[25],"name":[27],"reflects":[28],"resemblance":[30],"rhomboid":[33,145,195],"lip":[34,146,196],"a":[36,99,159,227],"horn":[37],"and":[38,70,76,87,94,113,124,126,148,211,222],"choroid":[40,150,187],"plexus":[41,151,188],"protruding":[42],"through":[43],"foramen":[45],"Luschka":[47],"its":[49,78,96,177],"contents.":[50],"While":[51],"widely":[52],"adopted":[53],"Central":[55],"European":[56],"anatomical":[57,71,88,111,169,229],"tradition,":[58],"remains":[61,226],"little":[62],"known":[63],"elsewhere.":[64],"This":[65],"study":[66],"revisits":[67],"mythological":[69],"origins":[72],"explores":[77],"relevance":[79],"microneurosurgical":[81],"anatomy.ObjectiveTo":[82],"investigate":[83],"historical,":[85],"mythological,":[86],"foundations":[89],"assess":[95],"applicability":[97],"as":[98],"microsurgical":[100,115,125],"landmark":[101,161],"posterior":[104,238],"fossa.MethodsA":[105],"review":[106],"classical":[108],"mythology,":[109],"historical":[110],"literature,":[112],"modern":[114],"dissections":[116],"was":[117,133],"performed.":[118],"Comparative":[119],"analysis":[120],"cadaveric":[122],"specimens":[123],"endoscopic":[127],"views":[128,184],"cerebellopontine":[131,216],"angle":[132],"undertaken":[134],"correlate":[136],"dual":[138,232],"components":[139],"\u2014":[143],"(\u201chorn\u201d)":[147],"extraventricular":[149],"(\u201cfruit\u201d)":[152],"\u2014,":[153],"with":[154,180],"surgical":[155,181],"perspectives.ResultsThe":[156],"represents":[158],"compound":[160],"that":[162,204],"results":[163],"from":[164],"combination":[166,199],"two":[168],"structures":[170],"recognizable":[171],"their":[173],"own":[174],"right.":[175],"Because":[176],"appearance":[178],"varies":[179],"angle:":[182],"antero-lateral":[183],"highlight":[185],"(fruit),":[189],"while":[190],"postero-lateral":[191],"approaches":[192,213],"reveal":[193],"(horn)":[197],"this":[198],"provides":[200],"for":[201],"enhanced":[202],"orientation":[203],"might":[205],"be":[206],"meaningful":[207],"during":[208],"retrosigmoid,":[209],"telovelar,":[210],"endoscopic-assisted":[212],"angle.ConclusionThe":[217],"cornucopia,":[218],"rooted":[219],"mythology":[221],"introduced":[223],"Bochdalek,":[225],"useful":[228],"landmark.":[230],"Its":[231],"composition":[233],"offers":[234],"abundant":[235],"guidance":[236],"fossa":[239],"surgery.":[240]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-06T12:05:46.655746","created_date":"2026-08-27T00:00:00"}