Neuroscience

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	Name/Email/Affiliation	Brief note
	Rodolfo Llinas (edit) (llinar01endeavor.med.nyu.edu) NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, USA	Author of 3 articles in Scholarpedia: "Neuron", "Cerebellum", and "Purkinje Neuron". Rodolfo Llinás has published over 400 scientific articles. He is especially known for his work on the physiology of the cerebellum, the thalamus, thalamocortical dysrhythmia as well as for his pioneering work on the inferior olive, on the squid giant synapse and on human magnetoencephalography (MEG). He is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physiology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine.
	Dale Purves (edit) (purvesneuro.duke.edu) Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC	Author of "Visual illusions: an empirical approach" in Scholarpedia. Dale Purves is the Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience (1988-1993). Dr. Purves authored several monographs and edited several textbooks, including "Neuroscience 4th Ed." and "Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience". See http://www.purveslab.net/resources/
	Larry R. Squire (edit) (lsquireucsd.edu) UC San Diego	Co-author of Fundamental Neuroscience, fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
	Eric Kandel (edit) (erk5columbia.edu) Columbia University	Eric Richard Kandel (born November 7, 1929) is a psychiatrist, a neuroscientist and professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was a recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. He shared the prize with fellow recipients Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard. His other honors include the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Charles A. Dana Award and the Lasker Award. Kandel has been at Columbia University since 1974, and lives in New York City. Kandel has recently authored In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (WW Norton), which chronicles his life and research. The book was awarded the 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Award for Science and Technology.

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