Fernando Nottebohm
Fernando Nottebohm (* 1940 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is an Argentine -American neurobiologist and ethologist . He is a professor at Rockefeller University in New York City , New York .
Life
Nottebohm grew up in Buenos Aires , Argentina . He earned a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1962 and a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley , California . He has been a faculty member since 1967, became an associate professor in 1971 and has been a full professor at Rockefeller University in New York City , New York, since 1976 . The university includes the Field Research Center for Ethology and Ecology in Millbrook , Dutchess County , New York, which Nottebohm directs.
Act
Nottebohm's work includes field studies of birdsong as well as molecular and cell biological studies of brain function. Nottebohm and co-workers discovered that in some songbirds the control of vocal function is concentrated on one side of the central and peripheral nervous system and that seasonal changes in certain nuclei underlie the ability to learn certain "stanzas". Nottebohm was able to elucidate some of the complex hormonal and learning-physiological mechanisms that have similarities with human language acquisition .
Nottebohm was able to show that in adult vertebrates ( Kanarengirlitz ) a replacement of neurons takes place in the adult brain during the acquisition of the song , which mechanisms and regulations underlie the replacement and that neuronal stem cells are involved. Possible future applications of these research results are in the treatment of brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases in humans.
Nottebohm's studies partly use transgenic songbirds.
Awards (selection)
- 1983 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1983 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1988 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 1991 membership in the American Philosophical Society
- 1999 Neuronal Plasticity Prize of the Fondation Ipsen , together with Masakazu Konishi and Peter R. Marler
- 2004 Rosenstiel Award , together with Masakazu Konishi and Peter R. Marler
- 2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal
literature
- Karen Hopkin: Singing in the Bird Brain. The Scientist, October 1, 2006, p. 65 ( online )
Web links
- Profile and Laboratory at Rockefeller University (rockefeller.edu); Retrieved June 12, 2011
- Literature by and about Fernando Nottebohm in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Center for Field Research in Ethology and Ecology at Rockefeller University (rockefeller.edu); Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter N. (PDF; 283 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Dr. Fernando Nottebohm at the American Philosophical Society (amphilsoc.org); Retrieved September 6, 2012
- ^ Neurosciences. (No longer available online.) In: fondation-ipsen.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
- ^ Fernando Nottebohm - The Franklin Institute. In: fi.edu. Retrieved February 6, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nottebohm, Fernando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine neurobiologist and ethologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |