LABORATORY AND BRANCH RESEARCH REVIEWS 145replaced by Herbert Lansdell. Landsell continued the section’s research
on psychological evaluations of temporal lobe seizure patients as well as
on the effect of fear-provoking stimuli on visual discrimination in primates.^4
John M. Van Buren, M.D.
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Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The Section on Clinical Neuropathology was established in Novem
ber 1953 with Shy’s appointment of Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. During
the two years that Alvord was chief of the section, he looked at X-ray
induced lesions of the central nervous system, at artificial demyeliniza
tion, and at the “necessity of the sensory-motor area to startle response
under light chloralose.”^5 When Alvord left for Baylor University in
1955, John M. Van Buren was acting chief until Igor Klatzo arrived
in 1956 to replace him as chief of the section. The section, under the
new leadership, focused its research on: 1) the analysis of histological
and histochemical changes in epileptogenic lesions; 2) the demyeli
nization that followed hypothermia to injured and normal brain tissue;
3) the study of muscles with fluorescent antibody techniques; 4) pino
cytosis of labeled proteins in tissue culture; 5) the localization of myosin
in human striated muscle; and 6) characteristics of Kuru disease.^6
Choh-luh Li was chief of the Section on Experimental Neurosurgery,
established in 1954 and responsible for research on the functional prop
erties of cortical neurons.^7 More specifically, this section conducted
studies involving: 1) the response of motor neurons and denervated
muscle to micro-stimulation; 2) microelectrode, intracellular potential