JANOS SZENTAGOTHAI. 31 October 1912 - 8 September 1994: Elected ForMemRs 20 April 1978.

ABSTRACT: János Szentágothai was an eminent, creative and renowned neuroscientist, who made pioneering and seminal discoveries contributing to our current understanding of brain functions. His vision of the brain as a network of specific populations of nerve cells, each engaging in selective operations and self-organizing into modules, has provided the framework and stimulus for generations of neuroscientists. His irrepressible curiosity and enthusiasm for the beauty in the organization of the brain never faded. He had a towering intellect and was a great humanist. Szentágothai was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1912 and died in his native city in 1994. He was educated and worked in Hungary. During the six decades of his scientific activity, he made remarkably original and lasting contributions to th

SUBMITTER: Gulyas B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4477047 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature