Julius Hallervorden
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Julius Hallervorden was a German physician
and neuroscientist
. In 1938, he became the head of the Neuropathology Department of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research. He was a member of the Nazi Party, and admitted to knowingly performing much of his controversial research on the brains of executed prisoners. Along with Hugo Spatz
, he is credited with the discovery of Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome (now more commonly referred to as Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
).
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and neuroscientist
Neuroscientist
A neuroscientist is an individual who studies the scientific field of neuroscience or any of its related sub-fields...
. In 1938, he became the head of the Neuropathology Department of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research. He was a member of the Nazi Party, and admitted to knowingly performing much of his controversial research on the brains of executed prisoners. Along with Hugo Spatz
Hugo Spatz
Hugo Spatz was a German neuropathologist. In 1937, he was appointed director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research. He was a member of the Nazi Party, and admitted to knowingly performing much of his controversial research on the brains of executed prisoners...
, he is credited with the discovery of Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome (now more commonly referred to as Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration , also known as neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1 and formerly called Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), also known as neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1 (NBIA1) and...
).