Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior

LABORATORY AND BRANCH RESEARCH REVIEWS 103

The Section on Biophysical Applications^11 was established in 1955
with Shy originally as acting chief but finally officially assuming the
position as chief of the section. This section was involved in studies on
the localization of cerebral tumors by isotopic detection.^12
The Section on Neuroradiology was the last section to be established,
in early 1958, within the Medical Neurology Branch. Neuroradiologist
Giovanni DiChiro was chief of this section that focused on: 1) metal
chelates as possible contrast media for myelography; 2) skeletal changes
accompanying dystrophia myotonica; 3) the relationship between brain
scanning and contrast scanning; 4) fractional encephalography; 5) enceph­
alographic changes in the temporal lobe; and 6) radiological study of soft
tissues in different muscle diseases.^13

Notes

1. Shy, NINDB Annual Reports, 1954, 1955, and 1957.


2. Shy, NINDB Annual Report, 1960.


3. This section was also known as the Neurological Disorders Service Section.


4. Rowland, NINDS at 50; Shy, NINDB Annual Report, 1956.


5. This section was interchangeably called the Pharmacology Section, the
   Neuropharmacology Section, the Clinical Pharmacology Section, and the
   Clinical Applied Pharmacology Section.


6. Rowland, NINDS at 50.


7. Shy, NINDB Annual Reports, 1955-1957.


8. Shy, NINDB Annual Reports, 1955, 3, 1956 , and 1957.


9. Shy, NINDB Annual Reports, 1955 and 1956.


10. Shy, NINDB Annual Reports, 1955-1957.


11. This section was also known as the Applied Biophysics Section.


12. Shy, NINDB Annual Reports, 1956 and 1957.


13. Shy, NINDB Annual Report, 1959 and 1960.