York G K
The Såa Institute, Fiddletown, CA 95629, USA.
J Hist Neurosci. 1996 Apr;5(1):34-42. doi: 10.1080/09647049609525649.
Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard used observation of recovered patients and experimental animals to support his theory of cerebral localization. Recovery theories assume that the nervous system is composed of one organ or many, and that each organ has one function or many. From his own studies as well as others, Brown-Séquard concluded that the brain contained at least nine separate organs, each with a single distinct function, and that each organ is organized, not as a geographically isolated cluster of neurons, but as a widely disseminated network. According to his view, function is not uniformly distributed in an organ. Focal necrosis of part of an organ temporarily inhibits the action of distant, undamaged parts; resolution of this inhibition results in recovery. Using this theory of cerebral localization and recovery, Brown-Séquard practiced an early form of scientific neurology.
夏尔·爱德华·布朗 - 塞卡尔通过对康复患者和实验动物的观察来支持他的大脑定位理论。康复理论假定神经系统由一个器官或多个器官组成，且每个器官具有一种功能或多种功能。基于他自己以及他人的研究，布朗 - 塞卡尔得出结论：大脑至少包含九个独立的器官，每个器官都有单一的独特功能，并且每个器官并非组织成地理上孤立的神经元簇，而是组织成广泛分布的网络。按照他的观点，功能并非在器官中均匀分布。器官一部分的局灶性坏死会暂时抑制远处未受损部分的功能；这种抑制的解除会导致恢复。利用这种大脑定位和恢复理论，布朗 - 塞卡尔实践了早期形式的科学神经学。
