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Guarneri Telaz (1854-1935), Italian neurologist, neurologist who developed ideas about the importance of afferent nerve function in pathology and the relationship of brain function to behavior. He was best known for his research on the cerebral cortex before becoming director of the neurological department at the University of Turin and the Ludwig Museum in Catania, Italy.

Telaz was born in Milan in 1863 and graduated from the university. In 1889 he went to Rome to teach anatomy. Two years later he moved to Milan, where he received the position of assistant. Over the course of three years, he conducted nine studies on the field brain, followed by two studies on localized brain regions. In these works, he argued that cortical areas responsible for specific functions always have regional or localized connections with the brain through neurological pathways. He showed that in his experiments he lacked an understanding of what pathological changes might be associated with each region of the cortical body.

In 1904 Telaz was appointed director of the neurological clinic in Turin, and he worked here until 1922. While working in the capital of Italy, he was engaged in new methods of diencephalic catheterization and improvement of those that he had already applied in the research of his previous publications. He, in collaboration with Charcot, managed to link the movement of the legs to that specific brain center that controls the connection between the legs. In his new post, Telac also continued to study afferent nerve function and transverse signaling. His works were collected in several volumes, the most famous of which is “The Nerve” (La nerva, 1952). In this book, Telatsi noted the importance of the afferent conduction system in humans.