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Jerzy Adam Gracjan Vetulani (born 21 January 1936 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist, professor of natural sciences. == Biography == He is the son of Adam Vetulani and Irena Latinik, grandson of Roman Vetulani, high school professor, and Franciszek Latinik, Polish Army general. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning, honorary doctor of Medical University of Silesia and Medical University of Łódź, Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków and vice-chairman of its scientific council.〔(Institute of Pharmacology PAS Scientific Council )〕 He is one of the most frequently cited Polish scientists in the field of biomedicine.〔(Najczęściej cytowani naukowcy oraz prace naukowe w Polsce, raport za lata 1965 - 2001 na podstawie bazy “Science Citation Index” dotyczącej wszystkich światowych publikacji ) (in Polish)〕 He graduated in Biology (1957) and Chemistry (1962) from the Jagiellonian University, and received his PhD from Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1966).〔(Database of Polish Information Processing Centre )〕 He first gained recognition for an early hypothesis of the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs, suggesting, together with Fridolin Sulser, that downregulation of beta-adrenergic receptors is responsible for their effects.〔Sulser F., Vetulani J.: ''Action of various antidepressant treatments reduces reactivity of noradrenergic cyclic AMP generating system in limbic forebrain'', „Nature”, 257, 1975.〕 Beside depression, his scientific interests include memory, addiction and neurodegeneration. He is also known as the author of popular articles and lectures on the topic of neuroscience, as well as for his criticism of the repressive drug policy in Poland (he favors decriminalization of all drugs). Member of The European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB); in years 1981–2002 the Editor in Chief of ''Wszechswiat'', the oldest Polish popular science magazine. He was one of creators of cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami. For some time, when Piotr Skrzynecki was in Paris, Vetulani replaced him as an announcer. Since 1980 he was an activist of Solidarity.〔 Vetulani often appears on the stage of the talking magazine „Gadający Pies” (''The Talking Dog''). Since June 2010 he runs a blog called ''Piękno neurobiologii'' (''The Beauty of Neuroscience'') on WordPress. On his blog Vetulani comments on the curiosities of the human brain. On July 8, 1963 he married Maria Pająk. They have two sons: Marek (born 1964) and Tomasz (born 1965). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerzy Vetulani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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