The Birth of Modern Neuroscience in Turin

1. The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance': from pre-Enlightenment to the end of the 18th century 2. The Savoy-Piedmont 'Renaissance': between materialism and spiritualism 3. Carlo Francesco Giuseppe Bellingeri, a forgotten pioneer of the Italian neurology 4. Exploring the Museum of Human Anatomy 5. Cesare Lombroso: an unconventional biography 6. Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments/part 1 7. Enrico Morselli in Turin: expectations, challenges and disappointment 8. Neuroimaging before neuroimaging: Angelo Mosso's pioneering experiments 9. The role of Federico Kiesow in the development of experimental psychology in Europe 10. Camillo Negro: neurologist, neuroscientist, science communicator and mentor 11. Brief happy military-neurophysiological stint of Mario Camis in wartime Turin 12. Seeing the history of neuroscience in Turin through the lenses of its instruments/part 2 13. Giulio Bizzozero and Aldo Perroncito: reform and regeneration 14. Ernesto Lugaro: the founder of the Turin neurological school 15. Ernesto Lugaro: contributions to modern psychiatry 16. Agostino Gemelli's years in Turin 17. Mario Ponzo and the age of visual illusions 18. Science and literature at Giuseppe Levi's home in Turin 19. Myth, religion, politics and literature 20. A real imperfection? Rita and the long story of the Nerve Growth Factor Acknowledgments