C. U. Ariëns Kappers

Cornelius Ubbo Ariëns Kappers (9 August 1877, Groningen - 28 July 1946, Amsterdam) was a Dutch neurologist.

In 1909 he became the first director of the Nederlands Instituut voor Hersenonderzoek (Netherlands Central Institute for Brain Research), a position he maintained until his death in 1946. During his tenure, the institute became an internationally renowned center known for its work involving comparative neuroanatomy.

Two scientific awards are named in his honour; The Ariens Kappers Medal from the Royal Nederlands Academy of Sciences for landmark contributions in the field of neuroscience, and the C.U. Ariëns Kappers Prize, for the best neurological publication by a PhD student.

As a student he was influenced by the work of German neurologist Ludwig Edinger (1855-1918) and Dutch anatomist Louis Bolk (1866-1930). During his career he amassed a large collection of brains; 450 brains in their entirety from over 300 species. This collection also includes 30,000 brain preparations (sliced brain sections).

Written works

• De banen en centra in de hersenen der teleostiers en selachiers (1904)
• Untersuchungen u¨ber das Gehirn der Ganoiden Amia calva und Lepidosteus osseus (1907)
• "The migrations of the motor cells of the bulbar triegeminus, abducens and facialis in the series of vertebrates, and the differences in the course of their root-fibres" (1910)
• Die vergleichen Anatomie des Zentralnervensystems des Wirbeltiere und des Menschen (1921); in English as "The comparative anatomy of the nervous system of vertebrates, including man" (1936); in French as Anatomie compare´e du syste`me nerveux, particulie`rement de celui des mammife`res et de l'homme (1947).
• Zielsinzicht en levensopbouw (1922)
• "Three lectures on neurobiotaxis and other subjects, delivered at the University of Copenhagen" (1928)
• Vergleichende Anatomie des Nervensystems
• "The evolution of the nervous system in invertebrates, vertebrates and man" (1929)
• "The anthropology of the Near East" (1931)
• "An introduction to the anthropology of the Near East in ancient and recent times" (1934)
• Reiziger in breinen: herinneringen van een hersenonderzoeker
• Nervensystem (1934).^[1]

External links

• Cornelius Ubbo Ariëns Kappers (1877-1946) - Peter Lund Madsen