Pierre Gloor

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Pierre Gloor (born April 5, 1923 in Basel , † October 14, 2003 in Montreal ) was a Swiss-Canadian neurologist , clinical neurophysiologist and epileptologist .

Life

After studying medicine in Switzerland (Basel and Lausanne ) until 1948 and beginning his specialist training in the neurological and neurosurgical clinic of the Hôpital Louis Pasteur in Colmar , Gloor came to Canada on a scholarship and completed a fellowship for EEG and clinical neurophysiology from 1952 to 1957 at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) in Montreal. This was the beginning of a long and continuous career at the MNI and at McGill University in Montreal, where he remained until his death.

From 1954 to 1957 Gloor was already a lecturer in neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University. In 1957 Gloor completed his Ph.D. thesis and became an assistant professor. From 1962 to 1968 he was Associate Professor and from 1968 Full Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University. From 1961 to 1984 he was head of the EEG laboratory and clinical neurophysiology, in 1998 (after having been unable to work for several years after a stroke) he retired.

Gloor was president of both the Canadian and the US EEG societies and 1975-1976 of the US epilepsy society "American Epilepsy Society", AES.

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Gloor was an expert in electroencephalography , also concerned himself with historical aspects and translated the original works by Hans Berger into English.

At the MNI, Gloor worked with the neurosurgeon and epileptologist Wilder Penfield and the psychologist, neuroscientist and epileptologist Herbert Henri Jasper . Among other things, he introduced the concept of cortico-reticular epilepsy as a hypothesis of the development of bilateral spike-wave activity and - according to corresponding observations in cardiac surgery patients - the penicillin model of epilepsy by topical application in cats.

Gloor dealt particularly intensively with the temporal lobe as well as the limbic system and the clinical symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsies . He also dedicated his magnum opus to the temporal lobe.

Books

In addition to numerous articles in specialist journals and book chapters, Gloor was also co-editor of books:

  • J.-P. Cordeau, P. Gloor (Ed.): Recent Contributions to Neurophysiology. International Symposium in Neurosciences in Honor of Herbert H. Jasper. In: Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. Supplement 31. Elsevier, Amsterdam / New York 1972.
  • J. Gotman, JR Ives, P. Gloor (Eds.): Long-Term Monitoring in Epilepsy. (Supplement 37 to Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology). Elsevier, Amsterdam / New York / Oxford 1985.
  • M. Avoli, P. Gloor, TA Reader, RW Dykes (Eds.): Neurotransmitters and Cortical Function: From Molecules to Mind. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1988.
  • M. Avoli, P. Gloor, G. Kostopoulos, R. Naquet (Eds.): Generalized Epilepsies. Neurobiological Approaches. Birkhäuser, Boston / Basel / Berlin 1990.
  • P. Gloor: The Temporal Lobe and Limbic System. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford 1997.

Awards

  • 1962: Robert Bing Prize from the Swiss Academy of Sciences
  • 1975: Honorary membership of the German EEG Society (since 1996: German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging ; DGKN)
  • 1979: Michael Prize from the Michael Foundation
  • 1981: (William G.) Lennox Award from AES
  • 1988: (Herbert Henri) Jasper Award from the US EEG Society (since 1995: American Clinical Neurophysiology Society; ACNS)
  • 1986: Honorary membership of the German section of the ILAE (since 2004: German Society for Epileptology )
  • 1990: (Wilder) Penfield Award of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy
  • 1994: Research recognition award from the AES and Milken Family Foundation

Since 1997, the ACNS has awarded an annual award named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Who's Who in Science. 1968, p. 664.
  2. ^ F. Andermann: In Memoriam. Pierre Gloor, MD, PhD (1923-2003). In: Neurology. 62, 2004, p. 1274, doi: 10.1212 / WNL.62.8.1274
  3. ↑ J. Gotman: Obituary. Pierre Gloor, 1923-2003. In: Clinical Neurophysiol. 115, 2004, pp. 1235-1236.
  4. ↑ M. Avoli: In memoriam: Pierre Gloor (1923-2003): appreciation of. In: Epilepsia. 45, 2004, pp. 882-886, doi: 10.1111 / j.0013-9580.2004.12603.x
  5. ↑ P. Gloor: Hans Berger. Psychophysiology and the discovery of the human electroencephalogram. In: P. Harris, C. Mawdsley (Eds.): Epilepsy. Proceedings of the Hans Berger Centenary Symposium. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh / London / New York 1974, pp. 353–373.
  6. ↑ P. Gloor (Ed.): Hans Berger on the Electroencephalogram of Man. The Fourteen Original Reports on the Human Electroencephalogram. Translated from the Original German. Elsevier, Amsterdam / New York 1969.
  7. ↑ P. Gloor: Generalized cortico-reticular epilepsies. Some considerations on the pathophysiology of generalized bilaterally synchronous spike and wave discharge. In: Epilepsia. 9, 1968, pp. 249-263.
  8. ↑ P. Gloor, LF Quesney, H. Zumstein: Pathophysiology of generalized penicillin epilepsy in the cat: The role of cortical and subcortical structures. 2. Topical application of penicillin to the cerebral cortex and to subcortical structures. In: Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol. 43, 1977, pp. 79-94.
  9. ↑ P. Gloor: The Temporal Lobe and Limbic System. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford 1997.
  10. ↑ a b Awards. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Gloor, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-Canadian neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist and epileptologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2003
Place of death Montreal