Thomas Willis (1621–1675), the founder of clinical neuroscience

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-335

  Molnár, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; BOOK; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BOOKS; BRAIN; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGY; PORTRAITS;

EID: 2342562447     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1369     Document Type: Article

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