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RefNoPP/11/30
Previous numbersPP/43/31
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On electrical excitation of the occipital lobe and adjacent parts of the monkey’s brain' by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
Date1888
DescriptionSharpey-Schafer writes: 'The cortex of the occipital lobe has been explored electrically by Ferrier and by Luciani and Tamburini. In ten experiments upon monkeys Ferrier was unable to obtain any movements on stimulation of this part. Excitation of the angular gyrus produced conjugate deviation of both eyes to the opposite side, with sometimes an upward inclination when the anterior limb was stimulated, and a downward inclination when the electrodes were applied to the posterior limb.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Neuroscience

Received 13 February 1888. Read 1 March 1888.

A version of this paper was published in volume 43 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On electrical excitation of the occipital lobe and adjacent parts of the monkey’s brain'.
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0157
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8017Sharpey-Schafer; Sir; Edward Albert (1850 - 1935)1850 - 1935
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