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. 2020 Feb:134:353-360.
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.155. Epub 2019 Nov 1.

A History of the Lobes of the Brain

Stephanie M Casillo  1 , Diego D Luy  1 , Ezequiel Goldschmidt  2
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A History of the Lobes of the Brain

Stephanie M Casillo et al. World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

The division of the cerebrum into 5 lobes is widely accepted in the scientific community. Despite this, a history of the lobes of the brain has not been discussed in the literature. Therefore, this article recounts this history with emphasis on the contributions of Thomas Willis (1664), Felix Vicq d'Azyr (1796), Johann-Christian Reil (1796), François Chaussier (1807), and Louis Pierre Gratiolet and François Leuret (1857) into one of the most widely accepted concepts in neuroanatomy.

Keywords: Cerebral lobes; Felix Vicq d'Azyr; François Chaussier; François Leuret; Louis Pierre Gratiolet; Thomas Willis.

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