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Oskar and Cecile Vogt were married neurologists who founded a private neuroscience research institute in Berlin in 1902. Research by the Vogts and their collaborators resulted in many seminal publications and findings related to the microscopic organization of the cerebral cortex. Most of this work centered around use of the Nissl stain to study neuron cell bodies (cytoarchicture) and variations of the Weigert stains to study white matter organization (myeloarchitecture). One famous protoge was Korbinian Brodmann, who described specific cytoarchitecture (neuron cell body organization within the layers of cortex).
While probably the most famous work to results from these endeavors is the Brodmann area designation, the Vogts believed that classification of the cortex primarily on the basis of areas of unique myeloarchitecture was a superior approach (with cytoarchitecture being a secondary consideration). About 200 or unique myeloarchitecture in the human cerebral cortex were ultimately described.
Oskar Vogt was invited to examine Lenin's brain. Subsequently, the Vogt's institute was shut down due to political reasons as they opposed the German government actions in the 1930s, but they were able to re-establish a program with help of wealthy collaborators such as the Rockefellers.