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The ۲ݮƵ Stars

The Brain@۲ݮƵ Hall of Fame

A tribute to the world class research in neuroscience undertaken at ۲ݮƵ

In front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, they regularly pour cement to record the hand, foot and occasional hoof print of famous movie stars.

Cement not being appropriate skin care for the hands of neuroscientists, we are proud to introduce more conventional recognition for our research stars – the Brain@۲ݮƵ Hall of Fame!

Being a ۲ݮƵ Brain Star is of no monetary value whatsoever but is our way of recognizing outstanding investigative accomplishment. Our purpose is to draw attention to the exceptional pioneering work that has been done within the ۲ݮƵ neuro community – and which continues at a prodigious pace.

To help publicize these achievements, we will post profiles of our “stars” on a regular basis. Be sure to check out the first, a timely tribute to Ron Melzack of the now-famous gate-control theory of pain.

Selection to the Brain@۲ݮƵ Hall of Fame is ongoing and we welcome nominations.

Here, in alphabetical order, are theinitial members of the Brain@۲ݮƵ Hall of Fame:

Albert Aguayo

Demonstration of the potential capacity for regrowth of CNS axons

Donald Hebb

Hypothesis of activity-dependent synaptic plasticity

Kris Krnejevic

Pioneering work in chemical transmission

Heinz Edgar Lehmann

Pioneer of the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia

Frank (Hank) MacIntosh

Discovery of choline uptake

Ronald Melzack

Hypothesis of the “gate control” theory of pain

Brenda Milner

Hippocampal and parahippocampal mechanisms of memory

Wilder Penfield

Homunculus representation in the human cerebral cortex

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Juda Hirsch Quastel

Pioneering studies in neurochemistry

Theodore Sourkes

Dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson’s disease

Leonard (Leo) S. Wolfe

Early work on gangliosides and prostaglandins in the CNS

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