Tribute to Laurence Edward Becker,MD,FRCPC (March 30,1943,to July 14,2002)

Kleihues P , Burger PC , Scheithauer BW , WHO Histological Typing of Tumors of the Central Nervous System. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Takashima S , Armstrong D , Becker LE , Bryan AC . Cerebral hypoperfusion in the sudden infant death syndrome? Brain stem gliosis and vasculature. Ann Neurol 1978;4:257–262.

Sachis PN , Armstrong D , Becker LE , Bryan AC . The vagus nerve and sudden infant death syndrome. A morphometric study. J Pediatr 1981;98:278–280.

Takashima S , Becker LE . Developmental abnormalities of medullary “respiratory centers” in sudden infant death syndrome. Exp Neurol 1985;90:580–587.

Takashima S , Mito T , Becker LE . Dendritic development of motor neurons in cervical anterior horn and hypoglossal nucleus of normal infants and victims of sudden infant death syndrome. Neuropediatrics 1990;21:24–26.

Becker LE . Neuronal maturational delay as a link in the chain of events leading to SIDS. Can J Neurol Sci 1990;17:361–371.