title: Microelectrode investigations of the visual system at the Department Of Clinical Neurophysiology, Freiburg i.Br.: a historical account of the first 10 years, 1951-1960.
abstract: The history of the first ten years of neurophysiological science (1951-1960) at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology in Freiburg i.Br. (Germany) is described by some of the participants. We describe the concepts of Richard Jung for the development of an experimental neurophysiology, the technical conditions which helped to realize these ideas, and the integration of the newly emerging German neurophysiological science into the international community, through the large number of foreign visitors. A short account is given of the young scientists working at the Freiburg laboratory during this period, their main lines of research, as well as the results of their studies.
authors.affiliation: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Institut für Physiologie, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Otto-Joachim
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Grüsser
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kapp
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grüsser-Cornehls
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D008839:Microelectrodes / Q000266:history; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology