NAS Award in the Neurosciences

The NAS Award in the Neurosciences ( National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences ) one of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States since 1988, every three years or award science prize in the field of neuroscience. The auszuzeichnende area includes neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, developmental neuroscience, neuroanatomy, behavioral neuroscience and clinical neuroscience.

Award winners

  • Solomon H. Snyder 2013: For his groundbreaking work on opiate receptors, Gaseous signaling in the nervous system, and Numerous other Contributions to our understanding of neuropharmacological processes.
  • 2010 Roger A. Nicoll: For his seminal discoveries elucidating cellular and molecular bases for synaptic plasticity in the brain.
  • 2007 Jean -Pierre Changeux: For the pioneering discovery did fast-acting neurotransmitters mediate Their effects through allosteric regulation of the neurotransmitter protein.
  • 2004 Brenda Milner: For her pioneering and seminal investigations of the functioning of the temporal lobes and other brain regions in learning, memory, and speech.
  • 2001 Seymour Benzer: For his pioneering Contributions Which have Brought neurogenetics to maturity. Benzer 's discoveries in fruit flies have Identified specific genes contributing to the behaviors of central, importance.
  • 1998 Vernon B. Mountcastle: For his discovery of the columnar organization of the mammalian cerebral cortex and for original studies Relating behavior to function of single cells in higher cortical areas.
  • Walle Nauta JH 1994: For development of a powerful method for deterministic mining connectivity among specific brain sites and Malthus Establishing now -classical circuits in the limbic System.
  • 1991 Paul Greengard: For his discovery of the central role played by neuronal phosphoprotein in normal brain function as well as in neuropsychiatric and related disorders.
  • Seymour S. Kety 1988, Louis Sokoloff: for Developing techniques to measure brain blood flow and metabolism - valuable tools in the study of brain function thathave major applications in clinical medicine.
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