Neurology · 1990 · 18 citations · 0 references
MedicineNeurologyNeuroscienceClinical NeuroscienceNeuroanatomyNeurophysiologyCentral Nervous SystemMotor DisordersMotor Neuron DiseasesMotor Neuron DisordersMotor Neuron PhysiologySpinal Cord DisordersLower Motor Neuron DysfunctionLower Motor Neuron InvolvementMotor Neuron PathophysiologyNeurological HistorySpinal NervesUpper Motor Neuron DysfunctionUpper Motor Neuron InvolvementUpper Motor Neurons
The concept, lacking only the word «neuron», was introduced by W.R. Gowers in 1886, in his Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. 1 Waldeyer's Neuron Doctrine came 5 years later, in 1891. Gowers' Manual was published in 2 volumes: I, Diseases of the Nerves and Spinal Cord, and II, Diseases of the Brain and Cranial Nerves