Geoffrey Raisman
Geoffrey Raisman · Science & Medicine
Neuroscientist who discovered synaptic plasticity and advanced nerve regeneration
1939, Leeds, England — 2017, London, England
United Kingdom
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Raisman was a neuroscientist who in 1969 demonstrated that the adult brain forms new synaptic connections after injury, introducing the term 'synaptic plasticity' and overturning the belief that the mature nervous system is fixed. He later pioneered the use of olfactory ensheathing cells to repair severed nerve fibres, work applied to spinal-cord injury. He was born into a Jewish family in Leeds.
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Neuroscientist who discovered synaptic plasticity and advanced nerve regeneration
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