Radical Treatment: Wilder Penfield's Life in Neuroscience

by Richard Leblanc

Wilder Penfield (1891-1976) is famous for his contributions to the understanding of epilepsy and for his discoveries of the relationship between the structure and function of the human brain. His operations, which involved stimulating the cerebral cortex of awake patients with a fine electrode, assured the complete removal of lesions that caused epilepsy. Less widely known is his use of the same technique to localize the interpretation of language,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773559280
• ISBN13: 9780773559288
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 10.1"