Foundation Grantees Receive Nobel Prize for Research Related to Mood and Memory
Foundation Grantees Receive Nobel Prize for Research Related to Mood and Memory
In 2000, Foundation Distinguished Investigator Grantees, Paul Greengard, Ph.D., and Eric R. Kandel, M.D., were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their important contributions to understanding the molecular changes in the brain that underlie memory and mood. Dr. Kandel’s research has focused on what happens in the brain when memories are formed, while Dr. Greengard’s research focuses on what happens inside a neuron after a signal is received. The results of their studies have provided insight into long-term processes such as mood and memory.
Read an article from the New York Times about this Nobel Prize.
Read "A Nobel Laureate on ‘Successful Aging’ - Dr. Eric Kandel’s Epic Search for the Biological Basis of Memory" from The Quarterly, Winter, 2012.
In 2014, Dr. Kandel received a Productive Lives Award from the Foundation:
