Pasko Rakic

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Pasko Rakic is a renowned neuroscientist best known for his pioneering work on the development and organization of the cerebral cortex.

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instanceOf academic
human
neuroscientist
researcher
awardReceived J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine
Julius Axelrod Prize
Kavli Prize
surface form: Kavli Prize in Neuroscience

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
birthCountry Croatia
birthPlace Zagreb
citizenship United States of America
degree MD
PhD
educatedAt University of Zagreb
employer Yale University
fieldOfWork cortical development
developmental neurobiology
neuroanatomy
neuroscience
hasAcademicAdvisor Nikola Bralic
influenced modern theories of cortical columnar organization
research on neurodevelopmental disorders affecting cortex
knownFor pioneering work on development of the cerebral cortex
radial unit hypothesis of neocortical organization
research on neurogenesis timing and cortical layering
studies of neuronal migration in the cerebral cortex
work on columnar organization of the neocortex
languageOfWorkOrName Croatian
English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Medicine
surface form: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
notableConcept protomap hypothesis of cortical arealization
radial unit hypothesis
positionHeld Chair of the Department of Neurobiology at Yale University
Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience
researchFocus developmental organization of cortical columns
formation of cortical layers
mechanisms of neuronal migration
primate brain development
radial glial cells as guides for migrating neurons
studiesOrganism humans
non-human primates
workInstitution Yale School of Medicine

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