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Per Andersen

Norwegian brain researcher (1930-2020) · Norway · On the map · Academics · Died at 90

Per Oskar Andersen ForMemRS was a Norwegian brain researcher at the University of Oslo. Research by his lab, specifically by Terje Lømo, led to the discovery of long-term potentiation in 1966.

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A life in dates

2020Died17 February 20202002Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1997Commander of the Order of St. OlavAward1995Eric K. Fernströms Nordiska PrisAward1993Neuronal Plasticity PrizeAward1972Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences classAward1930Born12 January 1930

Awards

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2002
Commander of the Order of St. Olav1997
Eric K. Fernströms Nordiska Pris1995
Neuronal Plasticity Prize1993
Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class1972

About this person

Country
Norway
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2020 · aged 90