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Dr.

Harvey Jules Karten

UC San Diego School of Medicine
Neuroscientist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Neurosciences
Elected
2008
Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences. Discovered major sensory visual and auditory pathways to the forebrain in birds and other nonmammalian vertebrates. Solved major question of the evolutionary origins of the mammalian neocortex by demonstrating the presence and phylogeny of cortical neurons in nonmammalian vertebrates. Member National Academy of Sciences. 
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