Dr.
Louis French Reichardt
University of California, San Francisco
Neurobiologist; Physiologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Neurosciences
Elected
2005
Leader in the molecular biology of brain development. Discovered specific roles for different neurotrophins in regulating neuronal survival, connectivity, synaptic function, and behavior in the developing and mature brain. Discovered receptors and signaling mechanisms responsible for specificity of interactions between growing neurons and the cells and extracellular matrix that surround them.
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