# Huda Akil

> Huda Akil is a Syrian-American neuroscientist whose research has contributed to the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions, including pain, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Akil and her colleagues are best known for providing the first physiological evidence for a role of endorphins in the brain and demonstrating that endorphins are activated by stress and can cause pain inhibition.

*Syrian-American neuroscientist (born 1945)*

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## Identity
- **Born:** 1945-05-19
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

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