title: Nikolai V. Konovalov (1900-1966): his role in the development of neurology and the creation of the Institute of Neurology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
abstract: Nikolai V. Konovalov (1900-1966) has left a significant imprint in the history of Russian neuroscience. He was among the coryphaei of international and national neurology. Along with the large number of fundamental scientific papers that have determined several aspects of the development of neuroscience, his contribution has been equally important to the establishment and development of one of the distinguished Russian scientific centers - the Institute of Neurology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, which he headed from 1948 until 1966.
authors: Institute of Neurology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors: Irina A
authors: IA
authors: Ivanova-Smolenskaya
authors: Elena D
authors: ED
authors: Markova
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D009031:Moscow; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D012426:Russia