Jan. 08, 2010
Eric Kandel
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Neurobiologist Eric Kandel shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system." Dr. Kandel studies how neurons in organisms such as sea slugs alter their responsiveness to chemical signals to produce a coordinated change in behavior -- work that ties into learning and memory. In this segment, Ira talks with Dr Kandel about his work and interests. |
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Eric Kandel
Winner, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2000
Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University Professor
Fred Kavli Professor and Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science
Columbia University
New York, New York
RELATED READING
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by Eric R. Kandel
Principles of Neural Science
by Eric Kandel, James Schwartz, Thomas Jessell
Memory: From Mind to Molecules
by Larry Squire, Eric Kandel
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