[Back to Jackson or ahead to Jackson? Who brought a contemporary perspective to Jackson's conception?]

Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2018;118(10. Vyp. 2):53-55. doi: 10.17116/jnevro201811810253.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

One hundred and twenty years ago, J. Jackson summarized the results of his research in his seminal lecture, where he used epilepsy, as a model for the analysis of the structural-functional organization of the central nervous system. He revealed a mechanism of epileptic seizure and showed that any epilepsy, including the 'genuine' one, had focal start. However, a dichotomic conception became firmly established later. In this article, basic stages of further development of the problem are discussed and contribution of the Russian-Soviet-Russian neurological school to the return on the modern level to Jackson's unitary conception of epilepsy and a role of epileptic systems forming different courses of epileptic activity flow from epileptic focus to other cerebral structures are emphasized.

В статье рассматриваются унитарная концепция эпилепсии Джона Хьюлингса Джексона, выдвинутая им более 120 лет назад, и дихотомическая концепция эпилепсии, утвердившаяся впоследствии. Представлены этапы развития этой проблемы, возврат на современном этапе к унитарной концепции эпилепсии, благодаря отечественной неврологической школе. Описано значение эпилептических систем, формирующих различные пути стока эпилептической активности из эпилептического очага на другие церебральные структуры.

Keywords: dichotomic and unitary conception of epilepsy; epileptic lesion; epileptic system; neural network.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System
  • Epilepsy* / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy* / therapy
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Neurology* / history
  • Russia