Kircher T, Wormstall H
University Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Germany.
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1997 Jul;10(3):127-9. doi: 10.1177/089198879701000307.
This article gives an overview of Alois Alzheimer's years as a medical student, his most influential teachers, and the origin of his interest in (neuro)histopathology. The neuron theory discussions of that time are reviewed briefly.