Edward George Gray

Edward George Gray
FRS
Born(1924-01-11)11 January 1924
Pontypool, Monmouthshire, UK
Died14 August 1999(1999-08-14) (aged 75)
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK
Alma materAberystwyth University
Known forElectron microscopy of synapses
SpouseMay Rautiainen (m. 1953)
Children2 sons, Tim and Peter
Parents
  • William Gray (father)
  • Charlotte Atkinson (mother)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroanatomy
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Doctoral advisorsE.G. Healey, J.Z. Young
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Edward George Gray (1924–1999) was a British anatomist and neuroscientist who pioneered the investigation of neural tissues with transmission electron microscopy. During his professional career, Gray made a number of profound contributions to our knowledge of synaptic structure. To this day, chemical synapses are classified according to their ultrastructure as Gray type 1 (asymmetric) or type 2 (symmetric), corresponding to excitatory and inhibitory synapses, respectively.

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