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1,258 entries match Neurology & Psychiatry [C10 / F04]

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1933 –1934

#10693

Studies on the structure of the cerebral cortex. I. Area entorhinalis. II. Continuation of the study of the Ammonic system.

LORENTE DE NÓ, Rafael (1902 – 1990)

Lorente de Nó "demonstrated structural evidence that the cortical areas of mammals are organized in a columnar manner rather than in horizontal layers, thus articulating for the first time the basic features of the co…

1934

#4657

Übertragung des Virus von Encephalitis epidemica auf Affen.

HAYASHI, Michitomo

Experimental transmission of Japanese B encephalitis.

1934

#4658

Acute ascending myelitis following a monkey bite, with the isolation of a virus capable of reproducing the disease.

SABIN, Albert Bruce (1906 – 1993)
SABIN, Albert Bruce (1906 – 1993) WRIGHT, Arthur M.

Herpesvirus simiae (B virus) infection; isolation of the virus.

1934

#4688

Experimental lymphocytic choriomeningitis of monkeys and mice produced by a virus encountered in studies of the 1933 St. Louis encephalitis epidemic.

ARMSTRONG, Charles (1886 – 1967)
ARMSTRONG, Charles (1886 – 1967) LILLIE, Ralph Dougall (1896 – 1979)

Isolation of the virus of benign lymphocytic choriomeningits.

1934

#1580

The story of the development of our ideas of chemical mediation of nerve impulses.

CANNON, Walter Bradford (1871 – 1945)
CANNON, Walter Bradford (1871 – 1945)

1934

#4768

Treatment of myasthenia gravis with physostigmine.

WALKER, Mary Broadfoot (1888 – 1974)
WALKER, Mary Broadfoot (1888 – 1974)

Introduction of physostigmine in treatment of myasthenia gravis. She replaced this with neostigmine in 1935 (Proc. roy. Soc. Med., 28, 759-61).

1934

#1352

The chemical transmitter at synapses in a sympathetic ganglion.

FELDBERG, Wilhelm Siegmund (1900 – 1993)
FELDBERG, Wilhelm Siegmund (1900 – 1993)
GADDUM, Sir John Henry (1900 – 1965)
GADDUM, Sir John Henry (1900 – 1965)

These workers produced evidence that a chemical agent (acetylcholine) appears in the transfer of nerve impulses from neuron to neuron in sympathetic ganglia.

1934

#1447

The interpretation of potential waves in the cortex.

ADRIAN, Edgar Douglas (1889 – 1977)
ADRIAN, Edgar Douglas (1889 – 1977) MATTHEWS, Sir Bryan Harold Cabot (1906 – 1986)

Confirmation of Berger’s findings (No. 1446). See also Brain, 1934, 57, 355-85.

1934

#3924

Utskillelse av fenylpyrodruesyre i urinen som stoffskifteanomali i forbindelse med imbecilletet.

FØLLING, Ivar Asbjørn (1888 – 1973)

Phenylketonuria (PKU) first described. This was the first hereditary metabolic disorder shown to be responsible for mental retardation. German translation in Hoppe-Seyl. Z. physiol. Chem., 1934, 227, 169-76. English t…

1934

#4435

Rupture of the intervertebral disc with involvement of the spinal canal.

MIXTER, William Jason (1880 – 1958) BARR, Joseph Seaton (1901 – 1963)

Demonstration of the causal role of intervertebral disc herniation in sciatica.

1934

#4960

Schizophreniebehandlung mittels Insulin-Hypoglykämie sowie hypoglykämischer Schocks.

SAKEL, Manfred Joshua (1900 – 1957)

Insulin shock therapy of schizophrenia. Sakel wrote several subsequent papers on this subject in the same journal. English version in Amer. J. Psychiat., 1937, 93, 829-41.

1934

#12046

Oeuvre scientifique. Recueil des principaux travaux publié par les soins de J. A. Barré.

BABINSKI, Joseph François Félix (1857 – 1932)
BABINSKI, Joseph François Félix (1857 – 1932) BARRÉ, Jean Alexandre (1880 – 1967)

Collected edition of Babinski's previously published works edited by Barré and numerous other editors. Contents: La méthode en sémiologie. - Sémiologie. - Tumeurs cérébrales et compressions cérébrales. - Affections no…

1935

#4769

The influence of large doses of potassium chloride on myasthenia gravis.

LAURENT, Lous Philippe Eugène (1906 – 1992) WALTHER, William Werner

Potassium salts first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis.

1935

#4961

Versuche über die biologische Beeinflussung des Ablaufes der Schizophrenic. 1. Campher-und Cardiazolkrämpfe.

MEDUNA, Ladislas Joseph (1896 – 1964)
MEDUNA, Ladislas Joseph (1896 – 1964)

Cardiazol (metrazol) convulsion therapy of schizophrenia was introduced by Meduna in 1934.

1935 –1937

#4613

Handbuch der Neurologie. 17 vols. [in 18].

FOERSTER, Otfrid (1873 – 1941) BUMKE, Oswald (1877 – 1950)

For its era, the definitive encyclopedia of neurology.

1935

#8894

Child psychiatry.

KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)
KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)

Leo Kanner, an Austrian émigré and medical graduate of the University of Berlin, founded the first academic department of child psychiatry under the direction of Adolf Meyer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Kanner was t…

1936

#4659

A virus isolated in 1935 epidemic of summer encephalitis in Japan.

TANIGUCHI, Tenji (1889 – 1961) & et al.

T. Taniguchi, M. Hosokawa, and S. Kuga established a virus etiology for Japanese B encephalitis.

1936

#4670.6

Cultivation of poliomyelitis virus in vitro in human embryonic nervous tissue.

SABIN, Albert Bruce (1906 – 1993)
SABIN, Albert Bruce (1906 – 1993) OLITSKY, Peter Kosciusko (1886 – 1964)

Isolation and propagation of the poliomyelitis virus in pure culture.

1936

#1309.1

The structure of nerve fibres in cephalopods and crustacea.

YOUNG, John Zachary (1907 – 1997)
YOUNG, John Zachary (1907 – 1997)

Young’s discovery of the giant nerve fibers of the squid (squid giant axon) Loglio forbesi made possible the study of the electrical phenomena of the nervous impulse in the interior as well as on the surface of a nerv…

1936

#4725

Contribution à l’étude des syndromes du globe pâle. La dégénérescence progressive du globe pâle et de la portion réticuléé de la substance noire (maladie d’Hallervorden–Spatz).

VINCENT, Clovis Julien Désiré (1879 – 1947) BOGAERT, Ludo van (1897 – 1989)

Clovis Vincent, a pioneer French neurosurgeon, contributed a valuable study of Hallervorden–Spatz disease.

1936

#1353

Reactions of the normal mammalian muscle to acetylcholine and to eserine.

DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
DALE, Sir Henry Hallett (1875 – 1968)
FELDBERG, Wilhelm Siegmund (1900 – 1993)
FELDBERG, Wilhelm Siegmund (1900 – 1993)
BROWN, Sir George Lindor (1903 – 1971)
BROWN, Sir George Lindor (1903 – 1971)

1936

#1449

The topography and homologies of the hypothalamic nuclei in man.

CLARK, Sir Wilfrid Edward Le Gros (1895 – 1971)

1936

#1450

The motor cortex in man in the light of Hughlings Jackson’s doctrines.

FOERSTER, Otfrid (1873 – 1941)

In this Hughlings Jackson Lecture, Foerster published his famous cytoarchitectonic map of the human cerebral cortex.

1936

#7346

Quantitative und qualitative Untersuchungen über den Sympathicusstoff*. Zugleich XIV. Mitteilung über humorale Übertragung der Herznervenwirkung Ausgeführt mit Unterstützung der -Stiftung.

LOEWI, Otto (1873 – 1961)
LOEWI, Otto (1873 – 1961)

In this paper Loewi proved that the cardioexcitatory neurotransmitter of the sympathetic nerves is adrenaline, or actually noradrenaline.

1936

#7919

Effect of Benzedrine sulfate on mood and fatigue in normal and neurotic persons.

MYERSON, Abraham (1881 – 1948)
MYERSON, Abraham (1881 – 1948)

Myerson, an American neurologist, psychiatrist, clinician, pathologist, and researcher, funded by Benedrine manufacturer Smith, Kline and French, promoted Benzedrine (i.e. amphetamine) as an anti-depressant, leading t…

1936

#9304

The ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache: A. the use of plants for food, beverages and narcotics. Ethnobiological studies in the American Southwest, Vol. 3. Biological series (Vol. 4, No. 5); Bulletin, University of New Mexico, whole, (No. 297).

CASTETTER, Edward Franklin (1896 – 1978) OPLER, Morris Edward (1907 – 1996)

1936

#9589

Das Ich und die Abwehrmechanismen.

FREUD, Anna (1895 – 1982)
FREUD, Anna (1895 – 1982)

Translated into English by Anna Freud and Cecil Baines, as The ego and the mechanisms of defense. London: Hogarth Press, 1937.

1936

#10640

Rumination number. Historical notes on rumination in man. The first historical monograph on the subject.

KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)
KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)

The first historical monograph on rumination syndrome or merycism.

1936

#14229

The comparative anatomy of the nervous system of vertebrates, including man. 2 vols.

ARIENS KAPPERS, Cornelius Ubbo (1877 – 1946) HUBER, Gotthelf Carl (1874 – 1943)
CROSBY, Elizabeth Caroline (1888 – 1983)
CROSBY, Elizabeth Caroline (1888 – 1983)

This edition and translation was so extensively reworked and expanded by Kappers, Huber and Crosby that it should be considered a new work. See No. 1247 for the original edition in German. Order of authorship as publi…

1936

#14286

Age and other factors in motor recovery from precentral lesions in monkeys.

KENNARD, Margaret Alice (1899 – 1975)
KENNARD, Margaret Alice (1899 – 1975)

This was the first of a series of papers by Kennard that led to what became known as the Kennard Principle, which posits a negative linear relationship between age of a brain lesion and the recovery outcome. The earli…

1937

#4671

Infantile paralysis and cerebral diplegia: Methods used for the restoration of function.

KENNY, Elizabeth (1886 – 1952)

1937

#4689

The treatment of meningococcic meningitis with sulfanilamide.

SCHWENTKER, Francis Frederic (1904 – 1954) & et al.

With S. Gelman and P. H. Long.

1937 –1938

#1310

A review of the Golgi apparatus.

KIRKMAN, Hadley (1901 – 1997) SEVERINGHAUS, Aura Edward (1894 – 1979)

1937

#1354

Autonomic neuro-effector systems.

CANNON, Walter Bradford (1871 – 1945)
CANNON, Walter Bradford (1871 – 1945)
ROSENBLUETH, Arturo Stearns (1900 – 1970)
ROSENBLUETH, Arturo Stearns (1900 – 1970)

The authors hypothesized the existence of two sympathins, one excitatory and the other inhibitory, now known as epinephrine and norepinephrine. See Nos. 1144 & 1350.

1937

#4824

The electro-encephalogram in epilepsy.

GOLLA, Frederick Lucien (1878 – 1968) & et al.

Demonstration of the changes in the electro-encephalogram in epilepsy. With S. Graham and W. Grey Walter.

1937

#7980

Behavior of children receiving benzedrine.

BRADLEY, Charles (1902 – 1979)

Bradley showed that racemic amphetamine, that is, the 50:50 mixture of d- and l-amphetamine isomers (Benzedrine®), was shown to reduce the impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention characteristic of Attention Defi…

1938

#4612

Meningiomas: Their classification, regional behavior, life history, and surgical end results.

CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939) EISENHARDT, Louise Charlotte (1891 – 1967)

Begun in 1915, soon after Cushing's monograph on pituitary disorders, this represents 25 years of work, and is, by common consent, regarded as Cushing’s greatest clinical monograph. Reprint, 2 vols., New York, Hafner,…

1938

#4659.1

Human encephalitis caused by the virus of the Eastern variety of equine encephalomyelitis.

FOTHERGILL, Leroy Dryden (1901 – 1967) & et al.

Isolation of the virus of Eastern equine encephalitis from man. With J. H. Dingle, S. Farber, and M. L. Connerley.

1938

#4660

Recovery of the virus of equine encephalomyelitis from the brain of a child.

HOWITT, Beatrice Fay (1891 – )

Western equine encephalitis virus recovered from man.

1938

#4770

The response of the myasthenic state to guanidine hydrochloride.

MINOT, Ann Stone (1894 – 1980) & et al.

Guanidine first used in treatment of myasthenia gravis. With K. Dodd and S. S. Riven.

1938

#4824.1

Sodium diphenyl hydantoinate in the treatment of convulsive disorders.

MERRITT, Hiram Houston (1902 – 1979) PUTNAM, Tracy Jackson (1894 – 1938)

Introduction of diphenylhydantoin.

1938

#1248

Physiology of the nervous system.

FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)

Includes excellent bibliography.

1938

#1451

The primate thalamus.

WALKER, Arthur Earl (1907 – 1995)

1938

#4962

Un nuovo metodo di shockterapia: “L’elettroshock”. (Riassunto.)

CERLETTI, Ugo (1877 – 1963)
CERLETTI, Ugo (1877 – 1963) BINI, Lucio (1908 – 1964)

Introduction of electric convulsion therapy.

1939

#4660.1

Vesennij (vesenne-letnij) endemiceskij klescevoj encefalit. [Vernal (verno-aestival) endemic tick-borne encephalitis.]

ZILBER, Lev Aleksandrovich (Alexandrovich) (1894 – 1966)
ZILBER, Lev Aleksandrovich (Alexandrovich) (1894 – 1966)

Isolation of the virus of spring–summer (Russian Far East) encephalitis.

1939

#4671.2

Successful transfer of the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis virus from the cotton rat to the white mouse.

ARMSTRONG, Charles (1886 – 1967)
ARMSTRONG, Charles (1886 – 1967)

Armstrong adapted the Lansing strain of poliomyelitis to the cotton rat and then to the mouse, greatly facilitating experimental work on the disease.

1939

#1310.1

Action potentials recorded from inside a nerve fibre.

HODGKIN, Sir Alan Lloyd (1914 – 1998)
HODGKIN, Sir Alan Lloyd (1914 – 1998)
HUXLEY, Sir Andrew Fielding (1917 – 2012)
HUXLEY, Sir Andrew Fielding (1917 – 2012)

Hodgkin and Huxley were the first to succeed in inserting electrodes into a living giant nerve fiber and to measure directly the action potential within it. In 1963 Hodgkin and Huxley shared the Nobel Prize in Physiol…

1939

#4771

Myasthenia gravis and tumors of the thymic region. Report of a case in which the tumor was removed.

BLALOCK, Alfred (1899 – 1964) & et al.

First deliberate treatment of myasthenia gravis by thymectomy, with M. F. Mason, H. J. Morgan, and S. S. Riven.

1939

#7158

Fused neurons and synaptic contacts in the giant nerve fibers of cephalopods.

YOUNG, John Zachary (1907 – 1997)
YOUNG, John Zachary (1907 – 1997)

Young discovered the squid giant synapse, a chemical synapse found in squid, and the largest chemical junction in nature.

1939

#12448

Sleep and wakefulness as alternating phases in the cycle of existence.

KLEITMAN, Nathaniel (1895 – 1999)

Discusses phases of the sleep cycle, experimental work on sleep and wakefulness, sleep disorders and their treatment, and such sleep-like states as hypnosis and hibernation.