Walle Nauta

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Walle Jetze Harinx Nauta (born June 8, 1916 in Medan , then Dutch East Indies , † March 24, 1994 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was a Dutch - American neuroanatomist .

Life

Nauta studied at the University of Leiden and obtained an MD in 1942 as a degree in medicine and in 1945 a Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht. in anatomy and neurophysiology . During the German occupation of the Netherlands (1940–1945) Walle Nauta and his wife Ellie hid a Jewish girl in the 1½-room apartment in which the Nauta couple lived with their children. For this both - Walle Nauta posthumously - received the honorary title “ Righteous Among the Nations ” in 2008 . Nauta had lectureships at the University of Utrecht (1941-1946), at the University of Leiden (1946/1947) and at theUniversity of Zurich (1947–1951).

In 1951 Nauta went to the neuropsychiatric research department of the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, DC In addition, he received a professorship in anatomy at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1955 . In 1964, Nauta moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he became professor of neuroanatomy in the department of psychology (later department of brain research and cognitive science ). Since 1975 he also worked in neuroanatomy at McLean Hospital in Belmont , Massachusetts. In 1986 Nauta retired . His last textbook was published in 1993.

Nauta had two daughters and a son.

Act

Nauta is considered to be one of the founders of neuroscience and modern neuroanatomy . He was able to make fundamental contributions to the understanding of the structure of the brain and its internal connections. Nauta developed a method to visualize non- myelinated nerve fibers . With the help of his method, different systems of the prosencephalon (forebrain) of mammals - in particular the limbic system and the striatum - could be mapped. The method he developed and later modified by others for staining degenerating nerve fibers is known as the Nauta (Gygax) silver impregnation method.

Awards (selection)

Fonts (selection)

  • W. Nauta, W. Haymaker: Hypothalamic nuclei and fiber connections . In: W. Haymaker E. Anderson, W. Nauta (Eds.): The Hypothalamus. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield IL 1969.
  • Contemporary research methods in neuroanatomy. 1970.
  • Fundamental neuroanatomy. 1986, ISBN 0-7167-1722-0 .
  • Neuroanatomy. 1993, ISBN 3-7643-3539-4 .

literature

  • FO Schmitt : Walle JH Nauta (8 June 1916-24 March 1994). In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Volume 139, No. 4, December 1995, pp. 445-449, ISSN  0003-049X . PMID 11615330 , JSTOR 987242
  • JWF Beks: Levens report WJH Nauta. In: Levens reports en herdenkingen. 1997, Amsterdam, pp. 27–30, dwc.knaw.nl (PDF; 335 kB)
  • EG Jones: Walle JH Nauta: June 8, 1916-March 24, 1994. In: Biographical memoirs. National Academy of Sciences (US). Volume 88, 2006, pp. 284-302, PMID 18543447 . nasonline.org (PDF; 117 kB)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walle Nauta on the website of Yad Vashem (English)
  2. ^ WJ Nauta, PA Gygax: Silver impregnation of degenerating axon terminals in the central nervous system: (1) Technic. (2) Chemical notes. In: Stain technology. Volume 26, No. 1, January 1951, pp. 5-11, ISSN  0038-9153 . PMID 14809499 .
  3. ^ WJ Nauta, PA Gygax: Silver impregnation of degenerating axons in the central nervous system: a modified technic. In: Stain technology , Vol. 29, No. 2, March 1954, pp. 91-93, ISSN  0038-9153 . PMID 13146411 .
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 95 kB) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; Retrieved April 21, 2012
  5. ↑ Dr. Walle JH Nauta at the American Philosophical Society (amphilsoc.org); Retrieved April 21, 2012
  6. ↑ Walle JH Nauta (1916–1994) at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (knaw.nl); Retrieved April 21, 2012
  7. ^ NAS Award in the Neurosciences from the National Academy of Sciences (nasonline.org); Retrieved April 21, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Nauta, Walle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nauta, Walle Jetze Harinx (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-American neuroanatomist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Medan , Dutch East Indies
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1994
Place of death Cambridge, Massachusetts