In 1904 Ivan Pavlov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, which had only been started a few years earlier. Pavlov was given the award for his brilliant work on the physiology of digestion. After this Pavlov became interested in psychiatry. Pavlov experimented with dogs. Pavlov favored a physiological, scientific approach to psychiatry. He thought that even dogs could have nervous breakdowns (due to stress).
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Shown here is Korsakov's Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. The clipart was taken from the mediasphera website, which presents English abstracts of the articles.
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Brilliant articles have been published in the journal mentioned above. In 1969 Romasenko et al reported "data on the effect of schizophrenic patients' blood serum on the structure of the brain and internal organs" of experimental animals. They found changes in the blood-brain barrier, the endoplasmic reticulum, the mitochondria, etc. The hypothalamus showed pathology. In 1974 an article was published by Kolpakov claiming "inadequacy of the monoamine oxidase system" in schizophrenia. The substance dimethoxyphenylethylamine, a metabolite of dopamine, was suspected. In other words, schizophrenia is a metabolic disease.
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Shown here is Dr. Ivan Sechenov (1829-1905), who made contributions to neurophysiology. The clipart is from the University of Illinois Chicago website.
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Russian scientists look to Pavlov much like Russian political theoreticians looked to Lenin. Pavlov was honored by having a medical journal named after him despite the fact that he disagreed with communism. His brilliant work on reflexes made him a Russian national hero. Pavlov was born in 1849 and died in 1936 leaving a rich legacy of books and papers.
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This clipart of the Russian flag came from the CIA World Factbook website.
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Sergie Korsakov was the first great Russian psychiatrist. He became famous for studying the neuropathology of alcoholism. As he died in 1900, he never received the Nobel Prize. These prizes are not given posthumously.
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This clipart is from Amazon.com, which sells the book. It is an English translation of a brilliant book by the Russian neuroscientist Luria.
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Shown here is Dr. Vladimir Beckhterev, who was born in 1857 and died in 1927. He made contributions to the anatomy of the nervous system and to neurology.
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This clipart from the Marxists website shows Alexander Luria, a famous writer from the Soviet Union. Luria is now deceased.
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