Female Neuroscientists

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Rita Levi-Montalcini
(Italian Neurologist Who Won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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Birthdate: April 22, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: December 30, 2012

Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurologist whose discovery of nerve growth factor earned her the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Throughout her life, Levi-Montalcini's work in neurobiology earned her several other honors and awards, including the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement and the European Academy of Sciences' Leonardo da Vinci Award.

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Alexandra Elbakyan
(Programmer)
Alexandra Elbakyan
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Birthdate: November 6, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Almaty, Kazakhstan
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May-Britt Moser
(Norwegian Psychologist, Neuroscientist and 2014 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine)
May-Britt Moser
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Birthdate: January 4, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fosnavåg, Norway

May-Britt Moser is a Norwegian neuroscientist and psychologist. She also serves as a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She is best known for winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2014 for her work pertaining to the grid cells in the brain's entorhinal cortex. She shared the award with her then-husband, Edvard Moser.

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Brenda Milner
(Neuroscientist, Psychologist, University teacher)
Brenda Milner
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Birthdate: July 15, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Manchester

Considered a pioneer in her field, centenarian neuropsychologist Brenda Milner is known for her immense contribution to clinical neuropsychology. Especially known for her work on memory and cognition, she has contributed immensely to the study of temporal lobe. Her papers on the frontal lobes in problem-solving and the lateralization of hemispheric function in language are also highly regarded by scholars.

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Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
(English Scientist, Writer and Broadcaster)
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
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Birthdate: October 1, 1950
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England

Apart from being a successful scientist with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, Susan Greenfield teaches pharmacology at the Lincoln College, Oxford. She is also part of the House of Lords and has penned a sci-fi novel. She supports causes such as Dignity in Dying, too.

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Eleanor Maguire
(Neuroscientist)
Eleanor Maguire
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Birthdate: March 27, 1970
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Irish neuroscientist and UCL professor Eleanor Maguire is best known for her work on the role of the human brain, especially the hippocampus. One of her best-known works was on the spatial abilities of cab drivers in London. She has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the British Academy.

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Tatyana Chernigovskaya
(Linguist)
Tatyana Chernigovskaya
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Birthdate: February 7, 1947
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Patricia Goldman-Rakic
(Professor)
Patricia Goldman-Rakic
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Birthdate: April 22, 1937
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts
Died: July 31, 2003
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Suzanne Corkin
(Neuroscientist)
Suzanne Corkin
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Birthdate: May 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Died: May 24, 2016
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Berta Scharrer
(Scientist)
Berta Scharrer
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Birthdate: December 1, 1906
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: July 23, 1995
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Daniela Schiller
(Neuroscientist)
Daniela Schiller
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Birthdate: October 26, 1972
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rishon LeẔiyyon, Israel
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Sabina Brennan
(Irish Former Actress)
Sabina Brennan
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Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
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Michal Schwartz
(Israeli Neuroimmunologist Who Pioneered Research on the Relationship Between the Brain and the Immune System)
Michal Schwartz
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Birthdate: January 1, 1950
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel

Michal Schwartz is an Israeli neuroimmunologist who is currently a professor of neuroimmunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. She also holds the Ilse Katz Professorial Chair in Neuroimmunology. Her works helped to expand the field of immunology in neuroscience, and she discovered new roles for immune cells in neurogenesis.  

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Sandra Witelson
(Canadian Neuroscientist Best Known for Her Analysis of Specimens from Albert Einstein’s Brain)
Sandra Witelson
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Birthplace: Canada