Raymond de Vieussens and his contribution to the study of white matter anatomy: Historical vignette

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1070-1075

  Vergani, Francesco ^a,b   Morris, Christopher M ^b,c   Mitchell, Patrick ^a,b   Duffau, Hugues ^d,e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

History of medicine; Hodology; Neurosurgical history; Vieussens; White matter

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN STEM; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEUROANATOMY; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ANATOMY; BRAIN; CADAVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FRANCE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84870890998     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.8.JNS12387     Document Type: Review

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