Department of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 90 Bergen Street, Suite 8100, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2011 Jul;22(3):321-33, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2011.04.001.
The pineal gland has been studied through philosophy and science for thousands of years. Its role in human physiology was not well understood until the scientific community first started to report on pineal pathology in the eighteenth century. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, reports on pineal tumors and the emergence of comparative anatomy allowed more complete understanding of pineal function. Neurosurgical methods of treating pineal pathology first emerged in the early twentieth century. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the emergence of microsurgical technique allowed for excellent outcomes with minimal morbidity and mortality.
松果体在哲学和科学领域已经被研究了数千年。直到 18 世纪科学界首次开始报道松果体病理学，人们才开始更好地了解松果体在人体生理学中的作用。在 19 世纪和 20 世纪，松果体肿瘤的报告和比较解剖学的出现使人们对松果体功能有了更全面的认识。神经外科治疗松果体病变的方法最早出现在 20 世纪初。在 20 世纪后半叶，显微外科技术的出现使手术在尽可能减少发病率和死亡率的情况下取得了极好的效果。
