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Hierarchies in Neurology: A Reappraisal of a Jacksonian Concept

By PhD , FRCP , MBBS , MRCPath (eds.) , Michael Swash MD , M. Swash (auth.) , Christopher Kennard BSc

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
1989
ISBN
978-1-4471-3149-6, 978-1-4471-3147-2
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-3147-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4237698 bytes)
Series
Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System
Edition
1
Pages
183\181
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Neurology; Neurosurgery; Neurosciences

Description

Hughlings Jackson, the noted English neurologist, fathered many ideas that today still underlie our understanding of common clinical phenomena. This is a reappraisal of Jackson's work, both within its historical framework and in light of modern concepts of neurology. The approach is new, combining historical, clinical and basic scientific information in one synthesis on the organization and function of the nervous system. The concept of levels of function is addressed, specifically with regard to areas of brain function; and the hierarchical strategy is considered as part of the current concept of a distributed system of neurons. Clinicians and scientists alike will find much food for thought in this modern treatise of Jacksonian concepts.

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