Publications: History of Neurology

Publications: History of Neurology medicine

Alexia and agraphia from 1861 to 1965. Henderson VW.  Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience 44:39-52, 2019.  doi:10.1159/000494951 [PMID: 31220840]

Shining a light on some of the most famous 19th and 20th century’s neuropsychologists. Walusinski O, Boller F, Henderson VW.  Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience 44:192-229, 2019.  doi:10.1159/000494964 [PMID: 31220830]

History of disorders of writing and reading. Henderson VW.  In: Barr WB, Bielauskas LA (eds.), Oxford Handbook of the History of Clinical Neuropsychology.  Oxford University Press, 2018.  doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199765683.013.44

Broca, Paul. Henderson VW. In: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2014; 1:540-3, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00832-0

Dax, Marc. Henderson VW. In: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2014; 1:943, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00866-6

Marie, Pierre. Henderson VW. In: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2014; 1003-4, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-385157-4.00953-2

Alexia and agraphia: contrasting perspectives of J.-M. Charcot and J. Hughlings Jackson. Henderson VW, Neurology. 2008; 70 (5): 391-400 

Chapter 17: cognitive assessment in neurology. Henderson VW, Handb Clin Neurol. 2010: 95 235-56 

Chapter 37: alexia and agraphia. Henderson VW, Handb Clin Neurol. 2010: 95 583-601 

Early concepts of conduction aphasia Henderson VW, Conduction Aphasia. 1992: 23-38 

Sigmund Freud and the diagram-maker school of aphasiology. Henderson VW, Brain Lang. 1992; 43 (1): 19-41 

Alalia, aphemia, and aphasia. Henderson VW, Arch Neurol. 1990; 47 (1): 85-8 

Jacques Lordat's contributions to aphasiology. Henderson VW, Neuroscience Across the Centuries. 1989: 177-184 

Anatomy of posterior pathways in reading: a reassessment. Henderson VW, Brain Lang. 1986; 29 (1): 119-33 

Paul Broca's less heralded contributions to aphasia research. Historical perspective and contemporary relevance. Henderson VW, Arch Neurol. 1986; 43 (6): 609-12 

Jules Dejerine and the third alexia. Henderson VW, Arch Neurol. 1984; 41 (4): 430-2


Dr. Henderson is past chair of the History section of the American Academy of Neurology and a recipient of the Lawrence C. McHenry award for excellence in research in the history of neurology.