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Neurology: Then, Now, and in the Future
Arch Neurol. 2002;59:1369-1373.
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"It's tough to make predictions—particularly about
the future."—Attributed to Yogi Berra
LAST YEAR, the two institutes of the National Institutes of Health most
involved in the support of brain research, the National Institute of Neurological
Diseases and Stroke and the National Institute of Mental Health, celebrated
their 50th anniversaries (give or take a few years). A 2-day symposium outlined
the remarkable progress in that period. I would like to reflect on what has
occurred in neurology during that time, where we are now, and what we might
expect in the coming years. I personally cannot go back the full 50 years,
but I can pick up the action in the late 1950s and through the 1960s.
UNDERLYING THEMES
When I first went into neurology, I would be asked, as were many of
my colleagues then, "Why do you want to go into that field? All you can do
is describe things." Unfortunately, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
THE CHANGING NEURONAL DOCTRINE
CELLULAR THERAPIES
BRAIN PLASTICITY
THE BRAIN AT WORK
APPLYING THE TECHNIQUES OF CARDIOLOGY TO THE BRAIN
NO LONGER MENDELIAN GENETICS
WHAT OF THE CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES?
THE COMING INTERVENTIONAL REVOLUTION
Prevention
Protection of the Brain Promotion of Recovery
IMAGINE A WORLD
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Will the Genomics Revolution Revolutionize Psychiatry?
Merikangas and Risch
Am. J. Psychiatry 2003;160:625-635.
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