[Forty-two years of neurophysiology in Aragon in relation to other neurological specialties]

Forty two years after the first EEG had been done in our community we decided (encouraged by the Sociedad Aragonesa de Neurofisiología Clínica) to write a biographical synopsis of the specialty of neurophysiology in Aragón, since knowledge of the past usually makes for a better future.

Initially, seven specialists, many others with their smaller contributions, the proceedings of the Sociedad Aragonesa de Neurofisiología Clínica, the proceedings of Serrate and the archives of the chair of Psychiatry of Zaragoza University have all provided information about the history of neurophysiology in Aragón. We studied the activities of public hospitals, private centres as well as academic neurophysiology activities. We also evaluated influences from outside our community in training different specialists, finding information about training in France and Germany an, in our country, in Barcelona and Pamplona.

We observed that the specialty has now become fully developed in our community. However, it had done so in close relationship with the specialties of Neurology and Psychiatry, with which it is perfectly integrated. The university has been successfully involved in development of the specialty and, in recent years, so has the Sociedad Aragonesa de Neurofisiología Clínica.