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| Established | 1966 |
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| Chairman | David D. Ginty |
| Location | Boston, MA |
| Website | http://neuro.hms.harvard.edu |
The Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, MA.[1][2] The Department is part of the Basic Research Program at Harvard Medical School, with research pertaining to development of the nervous system, sensory neuroscience, neurophysiology, and behavior. The Department was founded by Stephen W. Kuffler in 1966, the first department dedicated to Neurobiology in the world. The mission of the Department is “to understand the workings of the brain through basic research and to use that knowledge to work toward preventive and therapeutic methods that alleviate neurological diseases”.[3]
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- ^ "Department of Neurobiology". neuro.hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-02.