Michel Ferrari
Michel Ferrari (born July 15, 1954 in Tandjong Pandan , Indonesia ) is a Dutch neurologist, known for research on migraines . He is a professor at the Medical Center of the University of Leiden .
Ferrari graduated from Leiden in 1980 and received his doctorate cum laude in 1992 . In 2002 he became professor of neurology in Leiden.
His dissertation was on the role of serotonin in migraines and he was involved in the development of triptans as a drug for migraines.
In 1996 he was the first to discover genes that play a role in the development of migraines, initially in a rare, severe form of migraine associated with paralysis on one side. With his group he later discovered three other migraine genes.
He wrote a popular science book on headaches that was successful in the Netherlands.
In 2009 he won the Spinoza Prize . He was chairman of the International Headache Society.
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- with Joost Haan: Alles over hoofdpijn en aangezichtspijn, Bruna 2004
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ferrari, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch neurologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tandjong Pandan |