TY - JOUR T1 - Otfrid Foerster (1873–1941): one of the distinguished neuroscientists of his time JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 650 LP - 650 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.2006.112680 VL - 78 IS - 6 AU - Levent Sarikcioglu Y1 - 2007/06/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/78/6/650.abstract N2 - Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery. Foerster performed the first electrocorticographic studies, the hyperventilation test on patient with epilepsy and described the atonic-astatic from of infantile cerebral palsy. He will be remembered best for the operation which bears his name (Foerster’s operation) and on creating a cytoarchitectonic map of the human cerebral cortex. His most famous patient was Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924). ER -