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. 2011 Jan-Dec;9(1):6–41. doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.77412

Table 2.

Some salient contributions of some western scientists to neurobiological research

  1. K.S. Lashley (removal and study of animal brain parts; see Lashley, 1923)

  2. H.-L. Tauber (war time brain damage study by EEG and PEG; see Shaffer, 1972)

  3. W.G. Penfield (direct stimulation of patient’s brain; see Penfield, 1975)

  4. Eric Kandel, Paul Greengard and E. Carlsson (Microstructures necessary for learning, memory and effect of psychoactive substances; Nobel Laureates, 2000; see http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2000/index.html)

  5. Paul C. Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield (for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging, Nobel Laureates 2003; see http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2003)

  6. R. Axel and L.B. Buck (genes, protein receptors and odour recognition; Nobel Laureates, 2004;see http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2004)