Edvard Moser
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Edvard Moser is a Norwegian neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of grid cells, which are crucial for the brain’s spatial navigation system.
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| Edvard I. Moser | 2 |
| Edvard Moser (honorary doctorate, not student) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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academic ⓘ human ⓘ neuroscientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in neurophysiology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kavli Prize
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Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Norway ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Oslo ⓘ |
| employer | Norwegian University of Science and Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Moser ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
memory
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neuroscience ⓘ spatial navigation ⓘ systems neuroscience ⓘ |
| givenName | Edvard ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Per Andersen ⓘ |
| influencedBy | John O’Keefe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of grid cells
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research on brain’s spatial navigation system ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Norwegian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ⓘ |
| name | Edvard Moser self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Physiology or Medicine
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| NobelPrizeYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
identification of grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex
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studies of hippocampal–entorhinal circuit for spatial representation ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ålesund ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of Centre for Neural Computation
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director of Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience ⓘ professor of neuroscience ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
cell types underlying navigation
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cognitive map of space ⓘ neural basis of spatial memory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
John O’Keefe
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May-Britt Moser ⓘ |
| spouse | May-Britt Moser ⓘ |
| workLocation | Trondheim ⓘ |
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Edvard Moser (honorary doctorate, not student)
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Edvard I. Moser
this entity surface form:
Edvard I. Moser