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Eric Kandel

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Eric Richard Kandel (German: [ˈkandəl]; born Erich Richard Kandel, November 7, 1929) is an Austrian-born American medical doctor who specialized in psychiatry. He was also a neuroscientist and a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He was a recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. He shared the prize with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Kandel is the 115th most popular physician (down from 109th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Austria (up from 179th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Physician.

Eric Kandel is a neuroscientist who is most famous for his research on the hippocampus. He discovered that the hippocampus is the part of the brain that is responsible for memory storage.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Eric Kandel ranks 115 out of 726. Before him are Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, James Parkinson, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Albert Sabin, and Arvid Carlsson. After him are Stanley Cohen, Alexandre Yersin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, John Eccles, Hotepsekhemwy, and Alexander Bogdanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Eric Kandel ranks 45. Before him are Murray Gell-Mann, John Turner, Zdzisław Beksiński, Hebe Camargo, Lennart Meri, and Richard F. Gordon Jr.. After him are Frano Selak, Graham Hill, Karolos Papoulias, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Chet Baker, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Eric Kandel ranks 166 out of 1,424. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Hermann Broch (1886), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281), and Fritz Kreisler (1875). After him are Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529), Max Perutz (1914), Otto Weininger (1880), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Ernst Gombrich (1909), and Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1751).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Austria

Among physicians born in Austria, Eric Kandel ranks 3. Before him are Róbert Bárány (1876), and Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857). After him are Aribert Heim (1914), Hans Selye (1907), Hans Asperger (1906), Irmfried Eberl (1910), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Victor Babeș (1854), Paul Neumann (1875), Bénédict Morel (1809), and Fritz Klein (1932).

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