Brain Electricity: The Interwoven History of Electricity and Neuroscience
暫譯: 腦電：電力與神經科學交織的歷史

這本書追溯了電力與神經科學自古至20世紀末的交織故事。在整本書中，基本的電力、電磁學和神經科學概念都得到了探討和說明。書中充滿了顯著的發現和色彩斑斕的人物，這些都深刻地改變了人類文化。電力和神經科學是幾個世紀以來吸引科學史學家的主題。然而，直到過去幾十年，醫學科學史學家才開始認識到這兩個主題之間的密切關係。羅伯特·巴洛（Robert Baloh）利用發現的歷史背景，提供了一個理想的框架來理解現代電力和神經科學的概念。這些開創性研究者的故事對於剛開始神經科學職業生涯的人以及更有經驗的研究者都能帶來啟發。

Robert W. Baloh is well known as a leader in the field of neurotology. After completing his Neurological training at UCLA in 1972, he joined the faculty at the UCLA School of Medicine with a joint appointment in Neurology and Head and Neck Surgery in 1973. Baloh became Professor in 1982, Distinguished Professor in 2002 and Emeritus professor in 2021. Author of 14 books, over 350 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and over 100 book chapters, he is a pioneer in the study of the vestibular system: the inner ear/brain system which helps people to maintain their sense of balance and spatial awareness. He has trained more than 40 fellows who are now leaders in the field of vestibular research. Baloh also has a longstanding interest in the history of neurology and has written extensively on the subject. Among his many honors, Baloh received the Hallpike/Nylen Prize at the Bárány Society Meeting in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1992 and had an international Dizziness and Balance Symposium in his honor at the 2014 American Academy of Neurology meeting in Philadelphia. His book Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System written with Vicente Honrubia, is currently in the fourth edition and is the standard in the field. His other books include Dizziness, Hearing Loss and Tinnitus: The Essentials of Neurotology (1984), Neurotology (1994), Dizziness: Why Do You Feel Dizzy and What Will Help You Feel Better (with Greg Whitman, 2016), and Vertigo: Five Physician Scientists and the Quest for a Cure (2017). Recently, he became interested in the boundary between neurology and psychology with the publication of Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria (with Robert Bartholomew, 2020) and Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Brain-Centered Approach (2021). Most recently he published a book about exercise and brain health in 2022.

羅伯特·W·巴洛（Robert W. Baloh）在神經耳科領域中享有盛譽。1972年，他在加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA）完成神經學訓練後，於1973年加入UCLA醫學院，擔任神經學和頭頸外科的聯合教授。巴洛於1982年晉升為教授，2002年成為傑出教授，並於2021年成為名譽教授。他是14本書籍的作者，發表了350多篇經過同行評審的科學期刊文章，以及100多個書籍章節，是前庭系統研究的先驅：這個內耳/大腦系統幫助人們維持平衡感和空間意識。他培訓了40多位研究員，這些人如今在前庭研究領域中擔任領導角色。巴洛對神經學的歷史也有長期的興趣，並在這一主題上撰寫了大量著作。在他眾多的榮譽中，巴洛於1992年在捷克斯洛伐克布拉格的巴拉尼學會會議上獲得了霍爾派克/尼倫獎（Hallpike/Nylen Prize），並在2014年美國神經學學會會議上於費城舉辦了以他為名的國際眩暈與平衡研討會。他與文森特·霍恩魯比亞（Vicente Honrubia）共同撰寫的書籍《前庭系統的臨床神經生理學》（Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System）目前已進入第四版，並成為該領域的標準著作。他的其他著作包括《眩暈、聽力損失與耳鳴：神經耳科的要點》（Dizziness, Hearing Loss and Tinnitus: The Essentials of Neurotology，1984年）、《神經耳科》（Neurotology，1994年）、《眩暈：你為什麼會感到眩暈，什麼能幫助你感覺好些》（Dizziness: Why Do You Feel Dizzy and What Will Help You Feel Better，與格雷格·惠特曼（Greg Whitman）合著，2016年）以及《眩暈：五位醫生科學家與尋求治療的探索》（Vertigo: Five Physician Scientists and the Quest for a Cure，2017年）。最近，他對神經學與心理學之間的界限產生了興趣，並出版了《哈瓦那綜合症：大規模心理性疾病及大使館神秘事件與歇斯底里的真相》（Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria，與羅伯特·巴索洛繆（Robert Bartholomew）合著，2020年）和《醫學上無法解釋的症狀：以大腦為中心的方法》（Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Brain-Centered Approach，2021年）。他最近於2022年出版了一本關於運動與大腦健康的書籍。