He was influenced into Natural Philosophy by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775- 1854).

He used the word biology and morphology as footnotes in his book Propädeutik zum Studium der gesammten Heilkunde.

"[4][5] Burdach's work on the anatomy of the brain and nervous system introduced a number of names.

The column of Burdach or fasciculus cuneatus, the lateral portion of the dorsal funiculus of the spinal cord is named for him.

[6] He differentiated the caudate nucleus from the putamen and identified the globus pallidus and its inner and outer segments.