[History of neurology in Belo Horizonte, Brazil]

The birth and the evolution of Neurology in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is described focusing the influences of the neurological school of Rio de Janeiro and the world neurological context. With the foundation of the Faculdade de Medicina de Belo Horizonte, the specialty begins embryonarily with neuropsychiatrists. José Geraldo Albernaz and Gilberto Belisário Campos in the 50's and 60's of this century began the modern neurology in Belo Horizonte.