Roger Nicoll

Roger Nicoll
Born(1941-01-15)January 15, 1941
Camden, New Jersey, United States
Alma materLawrence University (B.A.)
University of Rochester School of Medicine (M.D.)
Known forSynaptic plasticity and neurotransmission research
AwardsGerard Prize (2014)
Warren Alpert Prize (2014)
Pasarow Award (2011)
NAS Award in the Neurosciences (2010)
Taylor Prize (2008)
NIMH Merit Award
(1987), (1997) & (2007)
Gruber Prize (2006)
Perl-UNC Prize (2006)
Heinrich Wieland Prize (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Neuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
ThesisIntegrative Mechanisms in the Olfactory Bulb (1971)
Doctoral studentsHillel Adesnik

Roger A. Nicoll is an American neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco where he is professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology. His research has contributed significantly to understanding synaptic physiology and pharmacology, particularly synaptic plasticity.

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