German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer presented "On a peculiar disorder of the cerebral cortex" to the 37th Conference of Southwest German Psychiatrists in Tübingen, on November 4. This was the first report of a case of the syndrome of behavioral and physical degeneration in aging adults that now bears Alzheimer's name. The report described the case of "Auguste D," a patient first seen by Alzheimer in 1901. After Auguste D died, on April 8, 1906, Alzheimer identified amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in her brain, typical of the disease. The name for the disorder was first used by Alzheimer's colleague, Emil Kraepelin, in 1910.

Type of event: Other Notable Event

Country: Germany

Region: Europe and the former USSR