{"title":"NeurHistAlert 29: History of neuroscience journal publications and theses, July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.","authors":"Frank W Stahnisch, Paul Foley","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2716259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2026.2716259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Goldscheider's scheme, Oppenheim's canonization, and the methodological status of the patient's voice in German-speaking medical literature.","authors":"Albert Grüger","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2700306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2026.2700306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rise of clinical neurology in the nineteenth century is usually narrated through localization, reflex testing, electrodiagnosis, ophthalmoscopy, and neuropathological correlation. This article proposes a complementary perspective: the emergence of neurological history taking as an explicitly taught method. Based on a structured reading of major German, French, and English neurological textbooks and examination manuals from Moritz Heinrich Romberg to Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn, it asks when the patient's history became visible as an independent methodological step rather than as implicit case material, etiological background, or disease-specific diagnostic information. The central finding is a twofold-procedural and epistemological-codification in the German-speaking literature around 1893/1894. Alfred Goldscheider's <i>Diagnostik der Krankheiten des Nervensystems</i> (1893) provided a numbered history-taking scheme that translated scattered etiological categories into an ordered examination procedure. Hermann Oppenheim's <i>Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten</i> (1894) then canonized history taking in the general section of a comprehensive neurological textbook, justifying its importance by arguing that neurologists often have to rely entirely on a patient's subjective reports of abnormal sensations and thoughts, especially in conditions in which objective physical examination methods do not reveal structural lesions. Goldscheider and Oppenheim did not invent medical questioning, but they made neurological history taking visible, teachable, and defensible as clinical evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148581058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leonard Bell Cox (1894-1976), Edward Graeme Robertson (1903-1975), and the inauguration of the Australian Association of Neurologists (est. 1950).","authors":"Nadeem Toodayan","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2677060","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2677060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The inauguration of the Australian Association of Neurologists 75 years ago in October 1950 was a major event in the history of Australasian neurology. Already behind many of the world centers in terms of professional organization and leadership, Australian neurology arrived rather late on the international scene, firmly establishing its professional roots a full half-century after many global counterparts. Yet from the vantage point of today, this lapse in professional formation is hardly noticeable. An important reason for this discrepancy is the determination and vision of the founding generation of Australian neurologists. Two central players in particular-Leonard Bell Cox (1894-1976) and Edward Graeme Robertson (1903-1975), both Melbournian neurologists-are frequently credited with first forming the Association. By reviewing primary sources recording their individual influences and important contributions to the Association, we come to find some of the earliest indicators of its future prosperity and success.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148581090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antônio Austregésilo Rodrigues de Lima: Founding father of neurology in Brazil.","authors":"Mateus Franco, Vitoria Acar, Otavio Franco, Brandon D'Souza, Aparna Prabhu","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2697772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2026.2697772","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antonio Austregésilo Rodrigues de Lima (1876-1960), the founding father of Brazilian neurology and a conceptual father of Brazilian neurosurgery, occupied a unique position in the early development of movement disorder research. In 1912, Austregésilo expanded the reflexogenic zone of pyramidal signs beyond the plantar response, broadening the clinical understanding of the Babinski phenomenon. In 1924, he described a case of hemiparesis and hemichorea associated with a caudate nucleus lesion, proposing a regulatory role for the striatum and offering an early anatomoclinical interpretation of striatal motor regulation. In 1928, he proposed a new classification of dystonia, emphasized its possible organic basis, and documented what appears to be the first detailed case of posttraumatic dystonia. In this article, we analyze and revisit his contributions based on original publications between 1912 and 1928. These observations demonstrate that he addressed concepts that would later become central to movement-disorder neurology, including the concept of functional balance within the extrapyramidal system and the role of neurotransmitters in motor control.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148521471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anamnesis revisited: From Platonic reminiscence to medical history taking.","authors":"Muzaffer Ece Hakan Şahin, Tayfun Hakan","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2648537","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2648537","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The concept of <i>anamnesis</i> occupies a pivotal position at the intersection of ancient philosophy and modern neuroscience. Initially developed in Plato's <i>Meno</i> as the soul's recollection of innate knowledge, anamnesis later evolved into a cornerstone of medical practice-the patient history. This article explores how the Platonic model of recollection resonates with the conversational structure of clinical interviews, both relying on guided questioning to uncover latent knowledge. Framing this exploration within the evolving landscape of neuroscience, the discussion draws on developments in cognitive science that locate memory functions within the medial temporal lobes and prefrontal cortex. By integrating insights from narrative medicine, medical education, and the philosophy of mind, the article emphasizes the enduring relevance of anamnesis as a conceptual bridge between memory, meaning, and healing. Clinicians are encouraged to see the medical interview not only as a diagnostic tool but as a dialogical event shaped by narrative and interpretation. Likewise, scholars of the history of ideas may find in clinical practice a living context for ancient epistemological concerns. Revisiting anamnesis through this lens reveals that healing entails not only physical treatment but also attentive listening and the shared rediscovery of meaning.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"283-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147521975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neuroanniversary 2026.","authors":"Dennis Henkel, Axel Karenberg","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2677861","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2677861","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"327-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148037120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lydia F van der Sman, Frans S S Leijten, Peter J Koehler
{"title":"Suppression of epileptic seizures through sensory stimulation: A historical overview and assessment.","authors":"Lydia F van der Sman, Frans S S Leijten, Peter J Koehler","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2025.2607972","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2025.2607972","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurologists often encounter medically refractory epileptic patients, who manage to suppress focal motor seizures by means of various types of sensorimotor stimulation. The aim of this article is to provide a critical evaluation of the historical investigations of such abatement methods. Peripheral therapies for epilepsies have been recommended since antiquity, but it was not until the nineteenth century that physicians mentioned patients reporting being able to stop seizures by sensorimotor mechanisms. Both the reports of patients and the analysis of the various methods used became more accurate with the descriptions by physicians such as Louis Odier (1748-1817) and Théodore Herpin (1799-1865). John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) and William Richard Gowers (1845-1915) provided a more solid theoretical framework for (somato)sensory interventions by developing new insights into brain control of movement sequences that are well within the range of current hypotheses. In more recent studies, individual reports of successful inhibition of seizures continue to appear. The wide array of historical studies of peripheral sensory stimulation methods offers a valuable source of information for future research that may potentially lead to new therapeutic avenues and to greater effectiveness in the management of the disease burden.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"332-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145960615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consciousness, determinism, and free will in nineteenth-century Portuguese medical thought: Resonances with contemporary neuroscience.","authors":"Ricardo Serrado","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2636457","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2636457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the nineteenth-century Portuguese medical-philosophical debate on consciousness and free will, at a time when advances in the biological and physiological sciences were undermining the notion of the soul as a regulating principle. The works of physicians Miguel Bombarda, Júlio de Matos, and Bettencourt Raposo are analyzed, showing how determinism, materialism, and positivism shaped conceptions of the relationship between brain, consciousness, and freedom. Bombarda defended a materialist conception of consciousness, arguing that free will is nothing more than the manifestation of neuronal activity that produces the feeling of freedom. Matos embraced determinism and rejected absolute freedom, yet intermittently allowed for behavioral modulation through education and effort, generating a partially compatibilist but unstable position. Raposo, for his part, advanced a naturalistic view of consciousness in which the brain itself constitutes will and desire, leaving no room for genuine freedom. In sum, this article examines the medical contribution to the nineteenth-century debate on consciousness and free will, a debate that unfolded in a distinctly naturalistic and deterministic framework.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"219-242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147476174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kenneth Bancroft Clark and the moral arc of psychological science: Reflections 20 years after his passing.","authors":"Pablo E P Dutra, Antonio E Nardi","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2661926","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2661926","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"344-349"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147976648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of \"elite brains\": A case of Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935).","authors":"Eglė Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė, Aistis Žalnora, Donatas Petroška","doi":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2636461","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0964704X.2026.2636461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Polish Institute for Brain Research was established in Warsaw (Poland) in 1928 by Maksymilian Rose (1883-1937) and later moved to Vilnius (in Lithuania today). Among the most intriguing aspects of the cytoarchitectonic studies performed there were the postmortem evaluations of the cerebra of famous individuals and geniuses (referred to as \"elite brains\"). Rose's most famous study was the examination of the brain of Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935). Marshal Piłsudski, once a medical student, later became the initiator of the restoration of Vilnius University and its medical faculty and, as minister of military affairs, was the <i>de facto</i> leader of the Second Polish Republic. This article analyzes Rose's anatomical study <i>Mózg Józefa Piłsudskiego</i> (<i>Józef Piłsudski's Brain</i>), published in 1938 in Vilnius, along with the original photographs of the deceased marshal's brain and other primary and secondary sources, to investigate the phenomenon of macroscopic analysis of the brains of famous individuals as a major neuroscience field in the first half of the twentieth century. We also reconstruct the preparation, preservation, and macroscopic analysis of Piłsudski's brain, and report its normal and putative pathological findings in comparison with available data on the marshal's health and illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":49997,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the History of the Neurosciences","volume":" ","pages":"243-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147576249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}