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.
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Ben BarresAlso won Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
Solomon H. SnyderAlso won Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric ResearchPaul R. McHughAlso won Sarnat Prize
Carla J. ShatzAlso won Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research
David SatcherAlso won Sarnat Prize
Myrna M. WeissmanAlso won Society of Biological Psychiatry Gold Medal AwardAbout this person
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.
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Born 1945 · age 81
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