Stephen kuffler biography

Hungarian-American neurophysiologist (1913–1980)

Stephen William KufflerForMemRS^[1] (August 24, 1913 – October 11, 1980) was a Hungarian-American neurophysiologist. He is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Neuroscience". Kuffler, alongside noted Nobel Laureates Sir John Eccles and Sir Bernard Katz gave research lectures at the University of Sydney, strongly influencing its intellectual environment while working at Sydney Hospital.^[2][3] He founded the Harvard neurobiology department in 1966, and made numerous seminal contributions to our understanding of vision, neural coding, and the neural implementation of behavior.

He is known for his research on neuromuscular junctions in frogs, presynaptic inhibition, and the neurotransmitterGABA. In 1972, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.^[4][5]

Honors and awards

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