Bruce McEwen

Bruce Sherman McEwen (born January 17, 1938 in Fort Collins , Colorado , † January 2, 2020 ) was an American neurophysiologist and neuroendocrinologist at Rockefeller University .

McEwen is best known for his work on the influence of stress and sex hormones on the brain , especially on the hippocampus and amygdala . Together with Elliot Stellar he developed the concept of allostatic load ( allostatic load ), the total load of an individual with repeated or chronic stress and the structural "costs" of stress for the individual concerned.

McEwen earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Oberlin College in 1959 and a Ph.D. from Alfred E. Mirsky at Rockefeller University in 1964. in cell biology . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked at the Institute for Neurobiology in Gothenburg and with Neal E. Miller at Rockefeller University. First, McEwen received a position as Assistant Professor of Zoology at the University of Minnesota in early 1966, but went back to Rockefeller University in mid-1966 - also as an Assistant Professor . Here he became an associate professor in 1971 and was given a full professorship in 1981.

Bruce McEwen was a member of the Faculty of 1000 in Physiology . In 1994 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , and in 1997 a member of the National Academy of Sciences . In 1996/1997 he was President of the Society for Neuroscience . Awards he received include the Pasarow Award for Neuropsychiatry (2005), the Neuronal Plasticity Prize (2010), and the Endocrine Regulation Prize (2017).

literature

Huda Akil and Craig McEwen: Bruce McEwen, 1938-2020. In: PNAS . Online advance publication of March 11, 2020, doi: /10.1073/pnas.2003097117 .

Web links

Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D. and Bruce McEwen Lab at Rockefeller University (rockefeller.edu)
Bruce S. McEwen at neurotree.org
Autobiographical sketch (PDF, 1.2 MB) at the Society for Neuroscience (sfn.org)

Individual evidence

↑ Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen, who studied the impact of stress on the brain, has died. Rockefeller University, January 3, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020 .
↑ Ilia N. Karatsoreos, Bruce S. Mc Ewen: Bruce S McEwen: Advisory Board Member in Physiology - F1000Prime. In: f1000.com. May 1, 2013, accessed September 26, 2017 .
↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved September 26, 2017 (English).
↑ Bruce McEwen. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .
^ Society for Neuroscience Presidents. In: sfn.org. January 25, 2017, accessed September 27, 2017 .
^ Congratulations to the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation 2005 Medical Research Awards Recipients . In: Science . tape 313 , no. 5783 , July 7, 2006, p. 129 .
^ Neurosciences. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. April 22, 2016, archived from the original on July 21, 2017 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).
↑ Fondation IPSEN Symposium 2010 (PDF, 493 kB) ( Memento from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Endocrinology. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	McEwen, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McEwen, Bruce Sherman; McEwen, Bruce S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American neurophysiologist and neuroendocrinologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Collins , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH	January 2, 2020

[1] Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen, who studied the impact of stress on the brain, has died. Rockefeller University, January 3, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020 .

[2] Ilia N. Karatsoreos, Bruce S. Mc Ewen: Bruce S McEwen: Advisory Board Member in Physiology - F1000Prime. In: f1000.com. May 1, 2013, accessed September 26, 2017 .

[3] Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved September 26, 2017 (English).

[4] Bruce McEwen. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved September 26, 2017 .

[5] Society for Neuroscience Presidents. In: sfn.org. January 25, 2017, accessed September 27, 2017 .

[6] Congratulations to the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation 2005 Medical Research Awards Recipients . In: Science . tape 313 , no. 5783 , July 7, 2006, p. 129 .

[7] Neurosciences. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. April 22, 2016, archived from the original on July 21, 2017 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).

[8] Fondation IPSEN Symposium 2010 (PDF, 493 kB) ( Memento from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[9] Endocrinology. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 (English).