Alexander Cools
Alexander Rudolf "Lex" Cools (The Hague, 1941 – Nijmegen, 7 September 2013) was a Dutch neuroscientist. He was interested in the pharmacology of behavior.
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| Born | September 14?, 1941 |
| Died | September 7, 2013 (aged 71) Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Known for | Research on dopamine and the basal ganglia |
| Awards | Distinguished Achievement Award (EBPS) |
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| Fields | Psychoneuropharmacology |
| Institutions | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Thesis | The Caudate Nucleus and Neurochemical Control of Behaviour: The Function of Dopamine and Serotonin in the Caput Nuclei Caudati of Cats (1973) |
| Influences | Jacques van Rossum, Adriaan Kortlandt |
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Cools got his Doctor of Philosophy in 1973 at the Radboud University Nijmegen.[1] He was a professor in Nijmegen from 1985 until his retirement in 2006.[2][3]
A special issue of the scientific journal Behavioural Pharmacology was dedicated to his memory in 2014.[4] Cools was one of the founders of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society. He became its second president.[3] He received that society's Distinguished Achievement Award in 2003.[3]
Cools was the first to propose (1976) the existence of different types of dopamine receptors.[5] This claim is correct but was initially not believed.[3] Cools is also known for his work on the basal ganglia.[3][2][4]
References
- ↑ Cools, A.R. (1973). The Caudate Nucleus and Neurochemical Control of Behaviour: The Function of Dopamine and Serotonin in the Caput Nuclei Caudati of Cats. Drukkerij Brakkenstein. .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ellenbroek, Bart A.; Homberg, Judith; Verheij, Miche l; Spooren, Will; Van Den Bos, Ruud; Martens, Gerard (2014). "Alexander Rudolf Cools (1942–2013)". Psychopharmacology. 231 (11): 2219–2222. doi:10.1007/s00213-014-3583-5. PMID 24770629. S2CID 11202284.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Robbins, Trevor (2015). "Alexander R. Cools (1941–2013)". Behavioural Pharmacology. 26 (1 and 2 - Special Issue): 4–5. doi:10.1097/FBP.0000000000000101. PMID 25692200. S2CID 10471063.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Willner, Paul; Bergman, Jack; Vanderschuren, Louk; Ellenbroek, Bart (2015). "The behavioural pharmacology of the basal ganglia". Behavioural Pharmacology. 26 (1–2): 1–2. doi:10.1097/FBP.0000000000000125. hdl:1874/314557. PMID 25539481. S2CID 5455276.
- ↑ Cools, AR; van Rossum, JM (1976). "Excitation-mediating and inhibition-mediating dopamine-receptors: a new concept towards a better understanding of electrophysiological, biochemical, pharmacological, functional and clinical data". Psychopharmacologia. 45 (3): 243–254. doi:10.1007/BF00421135. PMID 175391. S2CID 40366909.