title: Lancisi's nerves and the seat of the soul.
abstract: The striae longitudinales mediales corporis callosi, or medial longitudinal striae of the corpus callosum, are two slender bands of myelinated fibers that form longitudinal ridges in the indusium griseum on the superior aspect of each half of the corpus callosum. They were first described by the Italian physician Giovanni Maria Lancisi, who served as the personal physician of three successive Popes. This essay offers an account of this eminent physician, his era, and his philosophical background, as well as a description of the anatomic structures that bear his name.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, Italy. antonio.di_ieva@humanitas.it
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Ieva
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tschabitscher
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez y Baena
mesh_terms: D000716:Anatomy, Artistic / Q000266:history*; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008488:Medical Illustration / Q000266:history*; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009445:Neuroanatomy / Q000266:history*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*