[The neuroscientific work of Justo Gonzalo (1910-1986): the center syndrome and reversal metamorphopsia].
The Spanish neuroscientist Justo Gonzalo Rodriguez-Leal (Barcelona 1910, Madrid 1986) carried out different studies on cerebral functions, highlighting those made in patients with encephalic injuries suffered during the Spanish civil war. His book "Investigaciones sobre la nueva dinámica cerebral. La actividad cerebral en función de las condiciones de excitabilidad nerviosa", published in two volumes (the first one in 1945 and the second one five years later), gathers some of his fundamental contributions, among which the so-called central syndrome stands out. A dominant parietal lesion (central) equidistant from the visual, sensorial and auditory projection areas can lead to diverse perceptive dysfunctions, among them inversions in visual, tactile and acoustic perception. As the lesion becomes more peripheral, the resulting defect will be more unisensorial and crossed, while when it approaches the central region, the disorders will be bilateral and polysensorial. Justo Gonzalo explained all these phenomena later by a gradient system.
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Sección de Neurología, Hospital de Conxo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña. mariasg@meditex.es
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D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013030:Spain; D013577:Syndrome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology