Lissauer's tract

Lissauer's tract
Lis·sau·er's tract 'lis-au̇-ərz- n DORSOLATERAL TRACT
Lissauer Heinrich (1861-1891)
German neurologist. Lissauer published a description of the dorsolateral tract in the spinal cord in 1885. He died before he could publish his observations on an atypical general paresis marked by aphasia, convulsions, and monoplegia. His description was published posthumously in 1901.

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  • Posterolateral tract — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = t. posterolateralis GraySubject = 185 GrayPage = 762 Caption = Diagram showing a few of the connections of afferent (sensory) fibers of the posterior root with the efferent fibers from the ventral column… …   Wikipedia

  • Heinrich Lissauer — (September 12, 1861 September 21, 1891) was a German neurologist who was born in Neidenburg (today Nidzica, Poland). He studied at the Universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Leipzig. He was a neurologist at the psychiatric hospital in Breslau,… …   Wikipedia

  • dorsolateral tract — n a slender column of white matter between the dorsal gray column and the periphery of the spinal cord called also Lissauer s tract, tract of Lissauer * * * tractus posterolateralis …   Medical dictionary

  • column of lissauer — ˈliˌsau̇ə(r) Usage: capitalized L Etymology: after Heinrich Lissauer died 1891 German neurologist : lissauer s tract …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lissauer tract — tractus posterolateralis …   Medical dictionary

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