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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1791661
Historical Note

Neurology pioneers in Japan

Pioneiros da neurologia no Japão
Hélio A. Ghizoni Teive 
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo do Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Distúrbios de Movimento, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
2   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo do Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna e Ciências da Saúde, Grupo de Doenças Neurológicas, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
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Léo Coutinho 
2   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Complexo do Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Interna e Ciências da Saúde, Grupo de Doenças Neurológicas, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
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Francisco E. C. Cardoso 
3   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Unidade de Distúrbios de Movimento, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
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Shoji Tsuji 
4   The University of Tokyo Hospital, Department of Neurology, Tokyo, Japan.
5   International University of Health and Welfare, Institute of Medical Genomics, Otawara, Japan.
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Abstract

The pioneers of neurology in Japan were professors Hiroshi Kawahara and Kinnosuke Miura. Kawahara published the first description of progressive bulbar palsy and wrote the first neurology textbook in Japan. Miura, on the other hand, published studies about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in addition to participating in the founding of the Japanese Society of Neurology. The influence of European neurology, particularly French and German, in the figures of Professor Jean-Martin Charcot and Professor Erwin Bälz, was fundamental in the consolidation of neurology in Japan.

Resumo

Os pioneiros da Neurologia no Japão foram os professores Hiroshi Kawahara e Kinnosuke Miura. Kawahara publicou a primeira descrição de paralisia bulbar progressiva e escreveu o primeiro livro-texto de Neurologia no Japão. Já Miura publicou estudos sobre esclerose lateral amiotrófica, além de participar da fundação da Sociedade Japonesa de Neurologia. A influência da Neurologia europeia, particularmente francesa e alemã, nas figuras dos Professores Jean-Martin Charcot e Erwin Bälz foi fundamental na consolidação da Neurologia no Japão.

Keywords

History of Medicine - History, 19th Century - Neurology - Neurosciences - Japan

Palavras-chave

História da Medicina - História do Século XIX - Neurologia - Neurociências - Japão

Authors' Contributions

HAGT: conceptualization, investigation, data curation, writing – original draft, visualization, supervision, and project administration; LC: investigation, data curation, writing – review & editing, and visualization; FECC: investigation, data curation, writing – original draft, and visualization; ST: conceptualization, investigation, data curation, writing – original draft, and visualization.


Editor-in-Chief: Ayrton Roberto Massaro.

Associate Editor: Ethel Cuperschmid.




Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 11. April 2024

Angenommen: 13. August 2024

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
15. Januar 2025

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Bibliographical Record
Hélio A. Ghizoni Teive, Léo Coutinho, Francisco E. C. Cardoso, Shoji Tsuji. Neurology pioneers in Japan. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2025; 83: s00441791661.
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1791661
 

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