A pathology of the animal spirits - The clinical neurology of Thomas Willis (1621-1675) Part I - Background, and disorders of intrinsically normal animal spirits

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-29

  Eadie, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ladhope Chambers   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal spirits; Clinical neurology; Headache; Palsy; Willis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEADACHE; LETHARGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037215112     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00165-0     Document Type: Review

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