Seymour Kety
Seymour Kety · Science & Medicine
Neuroscientist who developed the first quantitative method to measure cerebral blood flow.
1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 2000, Westwood, Massachusetts, United States
United States
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Seymour Kety was an American neuroscientist who developed the first quantitative method to measure blood flow and metabolism in the living brain, laying the groundwork for modern functional brain imaging such as PET. He led research at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and Harvard, and his adoption studies advanced the biological understanding of schizophrenia. He was born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family.
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Neuroscientist who developed the first quantitative method to measure cerebral blood flow.
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