Every clinical neuroscience tool has an origin story. The Babinski sign, Brodmann areas, the homunculus, the mini mental status exam, cortical localization, vestibulo-ocular testing, and neuromodulation protocols all trace back to a specific moment when a specific mind refused to accept the limits of conventional thinking. For clinicians practicing functional neurology, chiropractic neurology, vestibular rehabilitation, and brain injury rehabilitation, understanding that lineage is not just enriching. It is clinically sharpening.

This course places that lineage in your hands. Dr. John McClaren, board-certified chiropractic neurologist, fellow of the American Board of Brain Injury and Rehabilitation, and graduate of the Carrick Institute's inaugural master's cohort in clinical neuroscience, guides clinicians through nineteen foundational figures whose work directly produced the examination frameworks, diagnostic signs, and intervention strategies used in advanced neurological practice today. From the Edwin Smith Papyrus through the cortical mapping of Brodmann and the Vogts, from Charcot's Salpetriere to Robinson's oculomotor engineering, this course builds historical context that immediately deepens clinical reasoning.

This course is designed for licensed clinicians already engaged in functional neurology, chiropractic neurology, vestibular rehabilitation, or neurorehabilitation who want to understand not just what they do but why it works, where it came from, and what intellectual tradition they are continuing every time they pick up an examination instrument. It is well suited for clinicians preparing for advanced certification, those completing CE requirements in neuroscience, and any practitioner who wants to practice with greater confidence and precision.