Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck (13 March 1798 – 23 March 1835) was a German anatomist. His specialties were anatomy and mineralogy. Wernekinck was born in Münster ( Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire) in 1798. After attending the University of Münster and University of Göttingen, he received his doctorate at the University of Giessen, where he became a full professor of philosophy in 1826. He died in 1835.
He was the son of botanist Franz Wernekinck (1764–1839). [1]
Associated eponym
- Horseshoe-shaped commissure of Wernekinck, term introduced by Wernekinck's student Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand in 1840; also known as the decussation of the brachium conjunctivum or of the superior cerebellar peduncle.
References
- Voogd J, van Baarsen K (February 2014). "The horseshoe-shaped commissure of Wernekinck or the decussation of the brachium conjunctivum methodological changes in the 1840s". The Cerebellum. 13 (1): 113–20. doi: 10.1007/s12311-013-0520-9. PMID 24078481. S2CID 15717777.
- Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck @ Who Named It
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Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck (13 March 1798 – 23 March 1835) was a German anatomist. His specialties were anatomy and mineralogy. Wernekinck was born in Münster ( Bishopric of Münster, Holy Roman Empire) in 1798. After attending the University of Münster and University of Göttingen, he received his doctorate at the University of Giessen, where he became a full professor of philosophy in 1826. He died in 1835.
He was the son of botanist Franz Wernekinck (1764–1839). [1]
Associated eponym
- Horseshoe-shaped commissure of Wernekinck, term introduced by Wernekinck's student Franz Joseph Julius Wilbrand in 1840; also known as the decussation of the brachium conjunctivum or of the superior cerebellar peduncle.
References
- Voogd J, van Baarsen K (February 2014). "The horseshoe-shaped commissure of Wernekinck or the decussation of the brachium conjunctivum methodological changes in the 1840s". The Cerebellum. 13 (1): 113–20. doi: 10.1007/s12311-013-0520-9. PMID 24078481. S2CID 15717777.
- Friedrich Christian Gregor Wernekinck @ Who Named It
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