Édouard Brissaud: distinguished neurologist and Charcot’s pupil

Paula Teixeira Marques; Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani; Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo; Renato Puppi Munhoz; Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive

doi:10.1590/0004-282X20180063

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2018; 76(07): 490-493
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20180063

HISTORICAL NOTE

Édouard Brissaud: distinguished neurologist and Charcot’s pupil

Édouard Brissaud: distinto neurologista e pupilo de Charcot

Paula Teixeira Marques

¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;

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Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani

¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;

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Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo

²Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Hospital Universitário, Serviço de Neurologia, Ponta Grossa PR, Brasil;

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Renato Puppi Munhoz

³University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Centre for Movement Disorders, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive

¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;

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Abstract

ABSTRACT

Professor Charcot had several pupils in his famous neurological service at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France. Among them, Édouard Brissaud was one of Charcot’s favorite pupils, temporarily becoming his successor after Charcot’s death. Brissaud’s neurological contributions were significant, including the description of hemifacial spasm, “geste antagoniste” in dystonia, pseudobulbar affect, post-traumatic stress disorder, the Brissaud-Sicard syndrome, and Brissaud’s sign. Additionally, Brissaud was the first to suggest that Parkinson’s disease pathology could be related to the substantia nigra.

RESUMO

Professor Charcot teve vários discípulos em seu famoso serviço de neurologia no hospital Salpêtrière, em Paris, França. Dentre eles, Édouard Brissaud foi um dos pupilos favoritos de Charcot. Após a morte de Charcot, em 1893, Brissaud foi o seu sucessor temporário. Suas contribuições neurológicas foram muito expressivas, incluindo a descrição do espasmo hemifacial, do “geste antagoniste”, da paralisia pseudobulbar, do transtorno de estresse pós-traumático, a síndrome de Brissaud-Sicard, e também do sinal de Brissaud. Além disso, Brissaud, sugeriu pela primeira vez no mundo, que a patologia da doença de Parkinson poderia estar relacionada à substância negra.

neurology - history of medicine - hemifacial spasm

neurologia - história da medicina - espasmo hemifacial

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