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American neuroscientist who carried out basic experimental and computational research on how neurons are organized into microcircuits to carry out the functional operations of the nervous system. Using the olfactory system as a model that spans multiple levels of space, time and disciplines, his studies ranged from molecular to behavioral, recognized by an annual lecture at Yale University on "integrative neuroscience". His eight books range from The Synaptic Organization of the Brain (1974) to Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine (2016). At the time of his death, he was professor of neuroscience emeritus at the Yale School of Medicine. He died on 9 June 2022 at age 88. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less