Ernst Sträussler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ernst Sträussler

Austrian neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1872

Place of Birth: Uherské Hradiště, Zlín Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1959

Profession: psychiatrist, neurologist, neuroscientist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ernst Sträussler

  • Ernst Sträussler (June 17, 1872, Ungarisch-Hradisch – July 11, 1959, Vienna) was an Austrian neuropathologist born in the Moravian city of Ungarisch-Hradisch. In 1895 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, and afterwards worked at the psychiatric clinic of Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857–1940).
  • In 1907 he was habilitated for psychiatry and neurology in Prague, where in 1915 he attained the title of professor extraordinary.
  • In 1919 he returned to Vienna.Sträussler is remembered for his work in forensic psychiatry, as well as his research involving the histopathology of the central nervous system.
  • With neurologist Georg Koskinas (1885–1975) he performed important studies involving malaria inoculations as a type of therapy for progressive general paresis.In 1936 with neurologists Josef Gerstmann (1887–1969) and Ilya Scheinker (1902–1954), he described a rare prion disease that is usually regarded as a variant of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
  • Today this condition is known as Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome (GSS).

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