Andrew Crawford (neuroscientist)
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Born | Andrew Charles Crawford January 12, 1949 [1] |
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Thesis | The relationship between spontaneous and evoked release of transmitter substances (1974) |
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Andrew Charles Crawford (born 1949)[1] FRS is a British neuroscientist. He is a Professor at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience of the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College.[2][3]
Education
Crawford was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham and Downing College, Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970.[1] He moved to Emmanuel College, Cambridge and was awarded his PhD in 1974.[1][4]
Research
Crawford is known for his studies of the mechanism of hearing in vertebrates. In 1976, he and Robert Fettiplace developed a method of recording the electrical responses of hair cells in the isolated cochlea of reptiles. He has also published a series of important papers on neuromuscular transmission in frogs and crabs.[5]
Awards and honours
Crawford was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1990.[5]
References
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