Korbinian Brodmann (November 17, 1868 - August 22, 1918) was a German neurologist who became famous for his definition of the cerebral cortex into 52 distinct regions from their cytoarchitectonic (histological) characteristics. These areas are now usually referred to as Brodmann areas. Some of these areas were later associated to nervous functions, such as areas 41 and 42 in the temporal lobe (related to hearing), areas 1, 2 and 3 in the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe (the somatosensory region), and the areas 17 and 18 in the occipital lobe (the primary visual areas). Korbinian Brodmann, German neuroscientist File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it. ... The cerebral cortex is a brain structure in vertebrates, including humans. ... A Brodmann area is a region in the brain cortex defined by its cytoarchitectonic characteristics. ... The primary auditory cortex the region of the brain which is responsible for processing of auditory (sound) information. ... The primary auditory cortex the region of the brain which is responsible for processing of auditory (sound) information. ... The temporal lobe is part of the cerebrum. ... Hearing is the following: Hearing is the sense by which sound is perceived. ... The postcentral gyrus is a prominent structure in the parietal lobe of the human brain and an important landmark. ... The postcentral gyrus is a prominent structure in the parietal lobe of the human brain and an important landmark. ... The postcentral gyrus is a prominent structure in the parietal lobe of the human brain and an important landmark. ... The parietal lobe is a lobe in the brain. ... The somatosensory system is the sensory system of somatic sensation. ... Brodmann area 17 (primary visual cortex) is shown in red in this image which also shows area 18 (orange) and 19 (yellow) The primary visual cortex (usually called V1) is the most well-studied visual area in the brain. ... Categories: Stub | Cerebrum ... The occipital lobes are the visual processing center of mammalian brains. ... The visual system is what allows us to see. ...

Brodmann studied medicine in Munich, Würzburg, Berlin and Freiburg, where he received his medical diploma in 1895. Subsequently he studied at the Medical School in the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, and then worked in the University Clinic in Munich. He got a doctoral degree in the University of Leipzig in 1858, with a thesis on chronical ependymal sclerosis. He worked also in the Psychiatric Clinic in the University of Jena, with Ludwig Binswanger, and in the Municipal Mental Asylum in Frankfurt, from 1900 to 1901. There, he met Alois Alzheimer, who was influential in his decision to pursue neuroscientific basic research. Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... Würzburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (in German language: Schwarzwald) with about 200,000 inhabitants. ... Categories: University stubs | Swiss universities ... The University of Leipzig is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU) is located in Jena, Thuringia in Germany and was named for the German writer Friedrich Schiller. ... Ludwig Binswanger, (April 13, 1881 - February 5, 1966) is considered the founder of existential psychology. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth largest city in Germany. ... Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer (June 14, 1864 - December 19, 1915), a German neurologist, was a colleague of Emil Kraepelin who first identified the symptoms of what is now known as Alzheimers Disease. ...

Following this, Brodmann started to work in 1901 with Oskar Vogt in the private institute "Neurobiologischen Zentralstation" in Berlin, and in 1902 in the Neurobiological Laboratory of the University of Berlin. In 1915 he joined the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Hirnforschung (Institute for Brain Research). There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is...

In 1909 he published his original research on cortical cytoarchitectonics in "Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Großhirnrinde in ihren Prinzipien dargestellt auf Grund ihres Zellenbaues" (Comparative Localization Studies in the Brain Cortex, its Fundamentals Represented on the Basis of its Cellular Architecture).

In the following years he worked at the University of Tübingen, where he was habilitated and made a full professor in 1913, and from 1910 to 1916 as physician and chairman of the Anatomical Laboratory at the University Psychiatric Clinic. In 1916 he moved to Halle in order to work in the Nietleben Municipal Hospital. Finally, in 1918, he accepted an invitation from the University of Munich to direct the group of histology at Psychiatric Research Center. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) is a state-supported university. ... Map of Germany showing Halle Halle (also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish from Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia) is the largest town in the German Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. ... With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. ...

He died in Munich rather suddenly of a generalized septic infection following a pneumonia, barely under 50 years of age on August 22, 1918. Sepsis (in Greek Σήψις) is a serious medical condition caused by a severe systemic infection leading to a systemic inflammatory response. ... Pneumonia (the ancient Greek word for lungs) is defined as an infection involving the alveoli of the lungs. ...

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• Korbinian Brodmann (1868-1918) (http://www.korbinian-brodmann.de/english/brodmann.html), Laurence Garey
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