The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin explores both the famous and the lesser known history of the inception of what we know as modern neuroscience. The pioneering contributions of neuroscientists from Turin and working in Turin and how they shaped the national and international community are critically explored.
The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin explores both the famous and the lesser known history of the inception of what we know as modern neuroscience. The pioneering contributions of neuroscientists from Turin and working in Turin and how they shaped the national and international community are critically explored.
Dr. Stefano Sandrone is a neuroscientist working at Imperial College London. He is the past Chair of the History of Neurology Section at the American Academy of Neurology. He was awarded the Julia Higgins Award and the President's Award from Imperial College London, the Science Educator Award presented by the Society for Neuroscience, and the H. Richard Tyler Award, the Lawrence C. McHenry Award and the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award from the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Lorenzo Lorusso is a neurologist and the director of the neurology unit at the neuroscience department of the Azienda Socio-Sanitario Territoriale Lecco in Merate, Italy. He is the past Chair of the History Committee at the Federation of the European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and the past President of the International Society for the History of the Neuroscience. He has organised several meetings in the history of medicine and neuroscience for national and international societies.
Inhaltsangabe
* 1. The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance': from pre-Enlightenment to the end of the 18th century * 2. The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance': between materialism and spiritualism * 3. Carlo Francesco Giuseppe Bellingeri, a forgotten pioneer of the Italian neurology * 4. Exploring the Museum of Human Anatomy * 5. Cesare Lombroso: an unconventional biography * 6. Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments/part 1 * 7. Enrico Morselli in Turin: expectations, challenges and disappointment * 8. Neuroimaging before neuroimaging: Angelo Mosso's pioneering experiments * 9. The role of Federico Kiesow in the development of experimental psychology in Europe * 10. Camillo Negro: neurologist, neuroscientist, science communicator and mentor * 11. Brief happy military-neurophysiological stint of Mario Camis in wartime Turin * 12. Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments/part 2 * 13. Giulio Bizzozero and Aldo Perroncito: reform and regeneration * 14. Ernesto Lugaro: the founder of the Turin neurological school * 15. Ernesto Lugaro: contributions to modern psychiatry * 16. Agostino Gemelli's years in Turin * 17. Mario Ponzo and the age of visual illusions * 18. Science and literature at Giuseppe Levi's home in Turin * 19. Myth, religion, politics and literature * 20. A real imperfection? Rita and the long story of the Nerve Growth Factor * Acknowledgments
* 1. The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance': from pre-Enlightenment to the end of the 18th century * 2. The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance': between materialism and spiritualism * 3. Carlo Francesco Giuseppe Bellingeri, a forgotten pioneer of the Italian neurology * 4. Exploring the Museum of Human Anatomy * 5. Cesare Lombroso: an unconventional biography * 6. Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments/part 1 * 7. Enrico Morselli in Turin: expectations, challenges and disappointment * 8. Neuroimaging before neuroimaging: Angelo Mosso's pioneering experiments * 9. The role of Federico Kiesow in the development of experimental psychology in Europe * 10. Camillo Negro: neurologist, neuroscientist, science communicator and mentor * 11. Brief happy military-neurophysiological stint of Mario Camis in wartime Turin * 12. Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments/part 2 * 13. Giulio Bizzozero and Aldo Perroncito: reform and regeneration * 14. Ernesto Lugaro: the founder of the Turin neurological school * 15. Ernesto Lugaro: contributions to modern psychiatry * 16. Agostino Gemelli's years in Turin * 17. Mario Ponzo and the age of visual illusions * 18. Science and literature at Giuseppe Levi's home in Turin * 19. Myth, religion, politics and literature * 20. A real imperfection? Rita and the long story of the Nerve Growth Factor * Acknowledgments
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