Robert Naquet

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Robert Naquet (born April 26, 1923 in Avignon , † December 7, 2005 ) was a French physician and clinical neurophysiologist.

Life

After studying medicine with a doctorate in 1953, Naquet worked at the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) from 1955, from 1972 to 1991 as head of the physiological laboratory. He was u. a. Secretary and later President of the International Federation of EEG Societies and Societies for Clinical Neurophysiology. Since 1990 he has been a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

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Naquet was (co-) author of numerous articles in specialist journals as well as book chapters. Among other things, he was the first to describe photosensitivity in the monkey Papio papio. In addition, he was busy u. a. with the effect of video games in epilepsy.

He was also the co-editor of 2 books.

Awards

Naquet has received numerous awards, including a .:

  • 1987: Honorary membership of the German section of the International League Against Epilepsy (since 2004: German Society for Epileptology ),
  • 1990: Epilepsy Research Award for outstanding contributions to the pharmacology of anti-epileptic drugs from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET),
  • 1995: "Ambassador for Epilepsy" by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE),
  • 1995: (Herbert Henri) Jasper Award from the US Society for Clinical Neurophysiology.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ C. Cepeda, T. Tanaka, J.-M. Stutzmann, H. Korn: Robert Naquet (1923–2005): The scientific odyssey of a french gentleman. In: Epilepsy & Seizure. 2, 2009, pp. 1-16.
  2. ↑ academie-sciences.fr ( Memento of the original dated December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.academie-sciences.fr
  3. ^ List of members since 1666: letter N. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 26, 2020 (French).
  4. ↑ KF Killam, EK Killam, R. Naquet: An animal model of light-sensitive epilepsy. In: Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol. 22, 1967, pp. 497-513.
  5. ↑ R. Naquet, C. MENINI, J. Catier: Photically induced epilepsy in Papio papio. The initiation of discharges and the role of frontal cortex and of the corpus callosum. In: H. Petsche, MAB Brazier (Ed.): Synchronization of EEG Activities in Epilepsy. A Symposium Organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, September 12-13, 1971. Springer, Vienna / New York 1972, pp. 347-366.
  6. ^ R. Naquet, G. Silva-Barrat, C. Menini: Reflex epilepsy in the Papio papio baboon, particularly photosensitive epilepsy. In: Ital J Neurol Sci. 16, 1995, pp. 119-125.
  7. ↑ N. Badinand-Hubert, M. Bureau, E. Hirsch, P. Masnou, L. Nahum, D. Parain, R. Naquet: Epilepsies and video games: results of a multicentric study. In: Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 107, 1998, pp. 422-427.
  8. ↑ A. Beaumanoir, H. Gastaut, R. Naquet (Eds.): Reflex Seizures and Reflex Epilepsies. International Symposium on Reflex Seizures and Reflex Epilepsies, Genève, Juin 1988. Editions Médicine et Hygiene, Genève 1989.
  9. ↑ M. Avoli, P. Gloor, G. Kostopoulos, R. Naquet (Eds.): Generalized Epilepsies. Neurobiological Approaches. Birkhäuser, Boston / Basel / Berlin 1990.
personal data
SURNAME Naquet, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French physician and clinical neurophysiologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Avignon
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2005