Per Andersen

Not to be confused with Per Thomas Andersen.

Per Oskar Andersen (born 12 January 1930) is a Norwegian brain researcher at the University of Oslo. Research by his lab, specifically by Terje Lømo (and Timothy Bliss, who helped characterize the phenomenon years later), led to the discovery of long-term potentiation in 1966.[1]

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2] He is also a fellow at the Royal Society.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Terje Lømo (April 2003). "The discovery of long-term potentiation". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 358 (1432): 617–620. doi:10.1098/rstb.2002.1226. PMC 1693150Freely accessible. PMID 12740104.
  2. ↑ "Gruppe 7: Medisinske fag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Polly Curtis (13 May 2002). "Society defends its scientific decision". guardian.co.uk.
Awards
Preceded by
Ivan Th. Rosenqvist		 Recipient of the Fridtjof Nansen Excellent Research Award in Science
1972 		Succeeded by
Jens Lothe


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