Günter Baumgartner

Günter Baumgartner (born September 1, 1924 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † August 11, 1991 in Zurich ) was a German neurologist or neurophysiologist .

Life

Günter Baumgartner studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1952 from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 1961 he received his habilitation there. In 1967 Baumgartner became associate professor and in 1970 full professor of neurology at the University of Zurich . From 1967 until his death he headed the neurological university clinic and polyclinic . From 1980 to 1983 he was President of the Swiss Neurological Society . In 1981 he received the Otto Naegeli Prize . He had been a member of the Leopoldina since 1985 .

Fonts (selection)

• About the cause of the tracheobronchial changes in the lumen when coughing. 1952 (dissertation, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, July 30, 1952).
• The neural activity of the cat's visual system and its relationships with subjective sensory physiology. 1961 (Habilitation thesis, University of Freiburg im Breisgau, February 9, 1961).

literature

• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 1987.
• Georg Friedrich Götz-Foundation, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Hrsg.): Symposium 1989 on basic aspects and perspectives of neuroinformatics: in honor of Prof. Dr. K. Akert ’s 70th birthday, Prof. Dr. G. Baumgartner's 65th birthday, November 9-11, 1989. 1989.
• Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt : Günter Baumgartner, 1924–1991. In: Experimental Brain Research. Vol. 87, H. 1 (October 1991), pp. 1 f., Doi: 10.1007 / BF00228502 .
• Felix Jerusalem : In memory of Günter Baumgartner (September 1, 1924– August 11, 1991). In: Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry . 143: 2: 101-104 (1992), PMID 1375775 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Günter Baumgartner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Günter Baumgartner in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Hess : History of the Neurological Clinic and Polyclinic Zurich. In: Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry . Vol. 159 (2008), H. 4, pp. 191-197.
2. ^ Member entry by Günter Baumgartner at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 18, 2016.