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The Cowan and Palay Awards were established by the publisher
of the Journal of Comparative Neurology, Wiley-Blackwell, in 2004 to honor the two previous Editors-in-chief of the Journal,
who had each contributed so much to neuroanatomy. These two awards are presented by the current Editor, Clifford Saper, Harvard
Professor. The awards are presented at the Cajal Club Social, held at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting.
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W. Maxwell Cowan was the Editor-in-chief from 1968-1980 , then
went on to be the founding Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neuroscience, and the Chief Scientific Officer of the Howard
Hughes Medical Institutes. Dr. Cowan studied the connections of the hippocampus and developed anterograde tracer methods,
but the main focus during his scientific career was on the development of visual system connections with the midbrain, including
the effect of target tissue on determining neuronal trajectories and survival. The Cowan Award is given in odd-numbered
years to a neuroscientist for outstanding work in neural development. Previous winners have included:
2005
Carla J. Shatz
2007 Andrew
Lumsden
2009 Thomas M. Jessell
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| Sanford L. Palay |
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Sanford
L. Palay was the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Comparative Neurology from 1980-1993. He was a Professor of Anatomy
at Harvard Medical School and then Professor Emeritus during that tenure. Dr. Palay was one of the earliest scientists
to turn electron microscopy onto the nervous system, and in 1954 with George Palade provided the first descriptions of vertebrate
synapses at the EM level. Dr. Palay did groundbreaking studies on the fine structure of the cerebellum, and co-authored
with Alan Peters and Henry deForest Webster the classic text, The Fine Structure of the Nervous System. The Palay Award
is given in even-numbered years to a neuroscientist for outstanding contributions in structure of the nervous system.
Previous winners have included:
2004
Alan Peters
2006
Tomas Hökfelt and Kjell Fuxe
2008 Harvey J. Karten
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The Cajal Club Archives
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