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History of the brainstem-A developing concept throughout the history of medicine

Eitan Lavon1, Avi Ohry2

  • 1Hasharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, Petah-Tikva, Israel; Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Handbook of Clinical Neurology
|March 27, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
BrainstemBrainstem syndromesDevelopment of neuroanatomyHistory of neurologyRespiratory centers

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