Averroës in The School of Athens: A renaissance man and his contribution to western thought and neuroscience

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 374-381

  Belen, Deniz ^a   Bolay, Hayrunnisa ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Art; Averro s; Colliget; Divine comedy; History of medicine; Raphael; Renaissance; The School of Athens

Indexed keywords

ART; GREECE; NEUROSCIENCE; PAINTING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; MEDICINE IN ART; NEUROSCIENCES; PAINTINGS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 61449124928     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338262.42326.A1     Document Type: Review

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