Stephen W. Kuffler

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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Louisa_Gross_Horwitz_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1913-08-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Timișoara,_Austria-Hungary
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-10-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
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gptkb:Torsten_Wiesel
gptkb:David_Hubel
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Berlin
gptkb:University_of_Vienna
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_Medical_School
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkb:University_of_Sydney
gptkbp:fieldOfWork neurobiology
physiology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stephen W. Kuffler
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Eric_Kandel
gptkb:Sir_John_Eccles
gptkb:Torsten_Wiesel
gptkb:David_Hubel
gptkbp:knownFor research on synaptic transmission
founding modern neurobiology
work on sensory physiology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
Hungarian
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Eric_Kandel
gptkb:Sir_John_Eccles
gptkb:Torsten_Wiesel
gptkb:David_Hubel
gptkbp:notableWork research on frog neuromuscular junction
studies of sensory neurons in the skin
book: From Neuron to Brain
studies of synaptic inhibition
work on glial cells
work on receptive fields in the retina
gptkbp:occupation physiologist
neurobiologist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:United_States
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