Chapter 13 The contributions of neurophysiology to clinical neurology. an exercise in contemporary history

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 95, Issue C, 2009, Pages 169-188

  Berlucchi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

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ANIMAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSES;

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