Thomas Willis’ legacy on the 400(th) anniversary of his birth

To celebrate the 400(th) anniversary of the birth of Thomas Willis, his main contributions to the development of neurosciences, in particular neurology, are presented. Willis coined the term neurology and contributed significantly to the field of neuroanatomy, with the description of the arterial ci...

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Autores principales: Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni, Coutinho, Léo, Camargo, Carlos Henrique Ferreira, Munhoz, Renato Puppi, Walusinski, Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2022
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Historical Notes
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36254448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1755278
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author Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni
Coutinho, Léo
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Munhoz, Renato Puppi
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description To celebrate the 400(th) anniversary of the birth of Thomas Willis, his main contributions to the development of neurosciences, in particular neurology, are presented. Willis coined the term neurology and contributed significantly to the field of neuroanatomy, with the description of the arterial circle—located at the base of the brain—, which bears his name. He also described the striatum and cranial nerves. Furthermore, as a clinical neurologist, Willis participated in the description of various diseases, including myasthenia gravis and restless legs syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-96858182022-12-08 Thomas Willis’ legacy on the 400(th) anniversary of his birth Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Coutinho, Léo Camargo, Carlos Henrique Ferreira Munhoz, Renato Puppi Walusinski, Olivier Arq Neuropsiquiatr Historical Notes To celebrate the 400(th) anniversary of the birth of Thomas Willis, his main contributions to the development of neurosciences, in particular neurology, are presented. Willis coined the term neurology and contributed significantly to the field of neuroanatomy, with the description of the arterial circle—located at the base of the brain—, which bears his name. He also described the striatum and cranial nerves. Furthermore, as a clinical neurologist, Willis participated in the description of various diseases, including myasthenia gravis and restless legs syndrome. Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2022-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9685818/ /pubmed/36254448 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1755278 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way.
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