Paul Oscar Blocq (1860–1896, page 1.) was a French

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who is remembered for his neuropathological work done with Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and

Gheorghe Marinescu Gheorghe Marinescu (; 28 February 1863 – 15 May 1938) was a Romanian neurologist, founder of the Romanian School of Neurology. History After attending the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bucharest, Marinescu received most of his medi ...

(1863-1938) at the Salpêtrière in

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. Blocq and Marinescu were the first physicians to describe extracellular

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deposits in the grey matter of the brain. Also the two identified a case of

Parkinsonian tremor Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

caused by a

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in the substantia nigra of the brain. With Marinescu and

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Victor Babeş (1854-1926), Blocq published an important work on the pathological

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of the

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titled ''Atlas der pathologischen Histologie des Nervensystems''. A disorder known as " Blocq's disease" is named after him. It is also known as astasia-abasia, and is characterized by the inability to stand or walk, despite the capability to move ones' lower limbs when sitting or lying down.

Written works

* ''Sur une affection caractérisée par de l'astasie et de l'abasie''. (Incoordination motrice pour la station et pour la marche (Charcot et Richer); ataxie motrice hystérique (V. Mitchell); ataxie par défaut de coordination automatique ( Jaccoud). Journal: Archives de Neurologie. Paris: Bureaux du Progrès Médical; vol. xv., 1888 (pp. 24–51 and 187–211). – A condition characterized by astasia and abasia. * ''Atlas der pathologischen Histologie des Nervensystems'' (with V. Babeş & G. Marinescu) – Atlas on the pathological

of the

. * ''Anatomie pathologique de la moelle epiniere'' (1891); (with Albert Londe 1858-1917) –

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of the

spinal cord The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone). The backbone encloses the central canal of the sp ...

. * ''Séméiologie et Diagnostic des Maladies Nerveuses''. 1892 (with J. Onanoff) – Symptomatology and diagnostics of

nervous disorder Anxiety disorders are a cluster of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal function are significantly impaired. Anxiety may cause physi ...

s. * ''L'État Mental dans l'Hysterie'', Paris 1893. – The mental state in hysteria.

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*
The Neurologist
(brief essay on Blocq's disease) __notoc__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Blocq, Paul Oscar French pathologists French neurologists 1860 births 1896 deaths

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