Concealed neuroanatomy in Michelangelo's Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 851-860

  Suk, Ian ^a   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver dissection; Michelangelo; Neuroanatomy; Sistine Chapel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISSECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

BRAIN STEM; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; MEDICINE IN ART; PAINTINGS;

EID: 77951674147     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000368101.34523.E1     Document Type: Article

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