Jean Talairach: the man behind the cerebral stereotactic space

Authors :: Marc Zanello
Alexandre Roux
Philibert Duriez
Anne-Sophie Savoureux
Fabien Vinckier
Fabrice Chrétien
Martine Gavaret
Philip Gorwood
Raphaël Gaillard
Johan Pallud
Source :: Brain. 145:411-415
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.
Abstract: Jean Talairach is world-renowned for his development of stereo-electroencephalography, and remains the most cited French neurosurgeon to date with his stereotactic atlas of the human brain. Zanello et al. explore the life of Jean Talairach, including his training as a psychiatrist and his military service during WW2.