Montreal Neurological Institute

Amnesia patients showed the role of temporal lobe in memory. Almost at the same time of Penfield s studies, Brenda Milner of the Montreal Neurological Institute examined a patient, known by his initials as H. M., who had undergone bilateral surgical removal of the temporal lobe (medial temporal cortex, amygdala, and two-thirds of the hippocampus). The surgery was apparently a success... 

Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 3801 University Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4... 

In the 1950s, Ernst and Elizabeth Florey at the Montreal Neurological Institute discovered the first neurotransmitter, GABA, that had an inhibitory effect on neuronal activity. In contrast, glutamic acid increases neuronal activity. 

L. S. Wolfe, J. Marion, and K. Rostworowskl Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4 Canada... 

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