Neurológia pre prax 4/2016

Friedrich Heinrich Lewy, his corpuscles and their illnesses

Friedrich Heinrich Lewy (1885–1950), the man, who discovered Lewy bodies, pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative synucleinopathies, live dout an adveturous life. After serving in the German Army in the First World War, he became a professor of neurology and psychiatry. He had build a modern neuroscience institute in Berlin; after that has been forced to escape his country for Nazi repressions. He put down root in USA, served in the US Army and became a professor of neuroanatomy and neuropathology. The role of bodies, which bear his name, in the pathophysiology of parkinsonian neurodegeneration has been elucidated nearly half a century after his death.

Keywords: Friedrich Heinrich Lewy, Lewy bodies, Parkinson´s disease