title: Otfrid Foerster (1873-1941): one of the distinguished neuroscientists of his time.
abstract: Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery. Foerster performed the first electrocorticographic studies, the hyperventilation test on patient with epilepsy and described the atonic-astatic from of infantile cerebral palsy. He will be remembered best for the operation which bears his name (Foerster's operation) and on creating a cytoarchitectonic map of the human cerebral cortex. His most famous patient was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, 07070 Antalya, Turkey. sarikcioglu@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarikcioglu
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history; D019051:Rhizotomy / Q000266:history*