Charcot

Charcot may refer to:

People

• Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893), French neurologist

Jean-Martin Charcot's name is associated with many diseases, anatomical structures and conditions including:

• Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, a form of peroneal muscular atrophy
• Charcot–Bouchard aneurysms
• Charcot–Leyden crystals
• Charcot's cholangitis triad of symptoms of ascending cholangitis
• Charcot's neurologic triad of symptoms of multiple sclerosis
• Some anterolateral central arteries in the brain are known as Charcot's artery
• Neuropathic arthropathy, Charcot's joint or Charcot foot
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a motor neurone disease known as both Charcot's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease
• Charcot Wilbrand syndrome or visual agnosia, inability to recognize visual stimuli

• Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936), French explorer and physician, son of Jean-Martin Charcot

Places in Antarctica

• Charcot Bay
• Charcot Cove
• Charcot Island
• Charcot Plate, a tectonic plate under West Antarctica
• Cape Charcot
• Charcot Station, a French research station in Adélie Land

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Charcot
• All pages with titles containing Charcot

• Charcot disease (disambiguation)
• Charlot (name)