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Brain, Vol. 115, No. 6, 1911-1924, 1992
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THE MYSTERIOUS RELOCATION OF THE BUNDLE OF TÜRCK

JEREMY D. SCHMAHMANN1,4, ROGER M. NITSCH1,3 and DEEPAK N. PANDYA2,4

1Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston 4Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford Massachusetts, USA 3Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachuseits Institute of Technology Cambridge 2Harvard Neurological Unit, Beth Israel Hospital Boston

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: Jeremy D. Schmahmann, MD, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Kennedy 905B. 14 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

The name bundle of Türck has become synonymous with the temporopontine tract. As details concerning this pathway have been confusing and incomplete we reviewed the papers of Ludwig Türck (1810–1868) to determine what in fact he originally described. Türck's pioneering degeneration studies provided great detail concerning the corticospimal tracts. Charcot recognized his contributions and used the eponym ‘bundle of Türck’ to denote the anterior corticospinal tract. Türck did not observe projections from the temporal lobe to the basis pontis, nor did he describe a temporopontine tract located at the most lateral aspect of the cerehral peduncle. The papers of Meynert, Flechsig and others reveal the origins of the current incorrect use of the eponym.

Received March 19, 1992. Accepted June 8, 1992.


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