Adolf Meyer: the neuroanatomist and neuropsychiatrist behind Meyer's loop and its significance in neurosurgery

Psychiatrist Adolf Meyer’s work as a neuroanatomist is less well-known among the medical community. Using manuscripts by Harvey Cushing and by Meyer himself, Schijns and Koehler explore how Meyer’s anatomical studies enabled him to describe the temporal loop of the optic radiation, known today as ‘M...

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Autores principales: Schijns, Olaf E M G, Koehler, Peter J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Dorsal Column
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7089649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31860084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awz401
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Sumario:Psychiatrist Adolf Meyer’s work as a neuroanatomist is less well-known among the medical community. Using manuscripts by Harvey Cushing and by Meyer himself, Schijns and Koehler explore how Meyer’s anatomical studies enabled him to describe the temporal loop of the optic radiation, known today as ‘Meyer’s loop’.

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