Stephen William Kuffler (born August 24, 1913; died October 11, 1980) was a Hungarian-American neurophysiologist. He founded the HarvardNeurobiology department in 1966, and made seminal contributions to our understanding of vision, neural coding, and the neural implementation of behavior. He is known for his research on neuromuscular junctions in frogs, presynaptic inhibition, and the neurotransmitter GABA. August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Neurophysiology is a part of physiology as a science, which is concerned with the study of the nervous system. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Neurobiology is the study of cells of the nervous system and the organization of these cells into functional circuits that process information and mediate behavior. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Gamma-aminobutyric acid (usually abbreviated to GABA) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter found in the nervous systems of widely divergent species. ...
References
Stephen W. Kuffler's biographical memoir at the National Academy of Sciences.
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