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. 2007 Jun;78(6):650.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.112680.

Otfrid Foerster (1873-1941): one of the distinguished neuroscientists of his time

Levent Sarikcioglu  1
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Otfrid Foerster (1873-1941): one of the distinguished neuroscientists of his time

Levent Sarikcioglu. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery. Foerster performed the first electrocorticographic studies, the hyperventilation test on patient with epilepsy and described the atonic-astatic from of infantile cerebral palsy. He will be remembered best for the operation which bears his name (Foerster's operation) and on creating a cytoarchitectonic map of the human cerebral cortex. His most famous patient was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924).

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