title: Alfons Maria Jakob (1884-1931), neuropathologist par excellence. Scientific endeavors in Europe and the Americas.
abstract: The study briefly reviews the life and work of Alfons Maria Jakob (1884-1931), a notable representative of pre-war German neuropathology. Today Jakob is mainly remembered by neurologists for the spongiform encephalopathy with progressive dementia and spasticity that he, and Kiel neuropathologist Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885-1964), described independently. However, Jakob has left additional contributions to neuroanatomy, neuropathology and neuropsychiatry in the form of original articles and valuable monographs.
authors.affiliation: Economo-Koskinas Wing for Integrative and Evolutionary Neuroscience, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. triarhou@uom.gr
authors.forename: Lazaros C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Triarhou
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008488:Medical Illustration; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*