Hierarchies in Neurology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Historical

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. John Hughlings Jackson: A Historical Introduction

      • M. Swash

      Pages 3-10

   3. Hughlings Jackson: The Man and His Time

      • Macdonald Critchley

      Pages 11-15

   4. Hughlings Jackson and European Neurology

      • C. W. Wallesch

      Pages 17-23

   5. Hughlings Jackson and American Neurology

      • R. J. Joynt

      Pages 25-29

   6. The Hughlings Jackson Tradition at The London Hospital

      • R. A. Henson

      Pages 31-36

3. Consciousness and Memory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Hughlings Jackson’s Views on Consciousness

      • J. C. Eccles

      Pages 39-47

   3. Hierarchies and Human Memory

      • A. Baddeley

      Pages 49-54

4. Epilepsy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Hughlings Jackson and Epilepsy: An Introduction

      • E. H. Reynolds

      Pages 57-58

   3. Psychiatric Aspects of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

      • M. R. Trimble

      Pages 59-63

   4. Photosensitive Epilepsy and Visual Discomfort

      • A. Wilkins

      Pages 65-75

   5. The Basal Ganglia and the Development and Motor Expression of Partial Seizures

      • B. S. Meldrum

      Pages 77-84

5. Sensory Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Hierarchies and the Visual System

      • C. Kennard

      Pages 87-92

   3. Single Fibre Microneurography and Sensation

      • Å. B. Vallbo

      Pages 93-109

6. Motor System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Order and Disorder in the Motor System

      • M. Swash

      Pages 113-122

Hughlings Jackson, the noted English neurologist, fathered many ideas that today still underlie our understanding of common clinical phenomena. This is a reappraisal of Jackson's work, both within its historical framework and in light of modern concepts of neurology. The approach is new, combining historical, clinical and basic scientific information in one synthesis on the organization and function of the nervous system. The concept of levels of function is addressed, specifically with regard to areas of brain function; and the hierarchical strategy is considered as part of the current concept of a distributed system of neurons. Clinicians and scientists alike will find much food for thought in this modern treatise of Jacksonian concepts.

• Nervous System
• Parkinson
• brain
• epilepsy
• information processing
• muscle
• neurology
• neurons

• Neurology Department, The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, UK

  Christopher Kennard, Michael Swash

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