The earliest archeological evidence of neurology and brain surgery has been found among the Incas of the Stone Age.1 Other ancient cultures—the ancient Greeks, Vedic people, ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, and the Chinese—are also known to have engaged in treatment and surgery for various neurological afflictions such as paraplegia and epilepsy.2,3 It is not only archeological artifacts that survive as evidence of neurological work in ancient times; texts and other forms of written/pictorial records exist as well.

Today, in the Information Age, humans continues to explore the field of neurology at an unprecedented scale, recording their knowledge in a global database, the Internet.

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is the foremost result of a Google search on "neurology". With three journals to its credit—Neurology, which is published weekly, and Neurology: Clinical Practice and Neurology: Genetics, which are both published six times a year—it is home to significant global neurological research. AAN is currently a 36,000-member community and continues to grow, with new researchers and readers joining every day.

Despite the high membership and the fact that its primary journal, Neurology, is the most cited and widely read peer-reviewed journal in the field, AAN found that their busy clinician members were having trouble keeping pace with the inflow of new research. They approached Editage for a diagnosis and a possible solution.

Traditional journal articles are dense, complex, and sizable chunks of text. Reading and understanding them requires a significant amount of time and energy. A team of editors, writers, and graphic designers at Editage repurposed these journal articles into short but simple text and visual summaries, enabling readers to obtain accurate and comprehensive information on the latest work in the field without the effort of decoding complex and lengthy text.