Gruber prize celebrates 'place cell' pioneer

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 23:00

(Robin Leedy & Associates, Inc.) It was a winding path John O'Keefe followed to one of the most dramatic discoveries about the brain and, on Nov. 16, his success will lead him to the podium at the Society for Neuroscience's Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, where he will receive the $500,000 Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize for 2008.

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