Nakaakira Tsukahara (November 11, 1933 - August 12, 1985) was a Japanese doctor, cerebral physiologist, and neurologist who served as professor at the Faculty of Engineering Science at Osaka University.
Nakaaki Tsukahara | |
|---|---|
塚原仲晃 | |
| Born | November 11, 1933 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | August 12, 1985 (aged 51) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cerebral physiology |
| Institutions | Osaka University |
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editTsukahara was born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture. He graduated from the University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 1963 receiving his Doctor of Medicine. He wrote a doctoral thesis titled: "A contribution of internuncial activity to motoneuronal discharges.''[1]
He became a professor at Osaka University at 36 years old. Tsukahara was also one of Japan's leading neurologists at the time.
Tsukahara was in charge of "Brain Plasticity,'' a Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and Technology-specific research project which was scheduled to begin in 1986. In 1985 he traveled to Tokyo to have a meeting with the Ministry regarding the research. On August 12, Tsukahara was killed in the crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 at the age of 51.[2]
Legacy
editThe Nakaaki Tsukahara Memorial Award was established by the Brain Science Promotion Foundation to commemorate Tsukahara's research achievements.[3]
Bibliography
edit- 脳の可塑性と記憶 [Brain plasticity and memory] (in Japanese). Books Kinokuniya. 1987. ISBN 4314004916. (Republished in Iwanami Gendai Bunko.)
References
edit- ^ Doctoral Dissertation Bibliography Database
- ^ "シナプスは移動する：御巣鷹山に消えた神経科学者、塚原仲晃、可塑性" [Synapses move: Nakaaki Tsukahara, the neuroscientist who disappeared on Mt. Osutaka, plasticity]. web2.chubu-gu.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "ブレインサイエンス振興財団 - 塚原仲晃記念賞" [Brain Science Promotion Foundation - Nakaaki Tsukahara Memorial Award]. www.bs-f.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-29.