RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE MEDICAL SCIENCES 89
orated precise methods for stimulating or destroying
small areas of the brain. The effect of
such excitatory or destructive stimulation on the
functions of the organs of an animal and on its
emotions are carefully observed. Dr. Ranson
and his associates are interested particularly in
determining the centers which control the activities
of the endocrine organs.
New York University College of Medicine
Research in Experimental Neurology
An appropriation of 35,000 was made to New
York University toward the support of investigations
in the laboratory of experimental neurology
of the College of Medicine, during the year
beginning May
1, 1935, under the direction of
Dr. Foster Kennedy. A similar grant was made
to the university in 1934 for this work. The
Foundation's aid has provided certain necessary
laboratory equipment and assistance and has
enabled the university to retain the services of
Dr. Franz Schuck, a neurosurgeon, formerly of
the Urban Hospital, Berlin, whose studies are an
important contribution to the work of the laboratory.
Dr. Schuck is investigating the functions of
various parts of the brain, particularly the
thalamus. He
is interested in determining the
significance of certain foci and nerve tracts in
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