Anatomical Eponyms in Neurology

Many anatomical eponyms are in use in Neurology for Nuclei, Fasciculi or Tracts in the central nervous system (see Part I, The Classical Eponyms, and ten Donkelaar et al., An illustrated Terminologia Neuroanatomica. Springer, Cham, 2018). For the functional systems, eponyms are in use for the motor system, like the body of Luys (the subthalamic nucleus), the tract of Arnold (the frontopontine tract) and the tract of Türck (the temporal corticopontine tract), and for the optic system, the eponymsoptic radiation of Gratiolet and loop of Meyer for its temporal loop, also described by Archambault, Cushing and Flechsig, are used as well as the term band of Gennari, an eponym for the occipital stripe, a conspicuous band of myelinated fibres marking the striate cortex of the occipital lobe. Here, we will focus on (a) eponyms for blood vessels of the brain and the spinal cord; (b) some macroscopical terms for the brain and its ventricular system; (c) planes of the brain used in neuroimaging; (d) the somatosensory system and the spinal cord, for which many eponyms are in use for receptors, pathways and nuclei; (e) areas, gyri and sulci of the cerebral cortex; and (f) the limbic lobe. For further data on the various authors quoted, reference is made to Part II (The Anatomical Eponyms from A to Z) and figures in this part.