Arnold Scheibel

Arnold Scheibel
Born(1923-01-18)January 18, 1923
DiedApril 3, 2017(2017-04-03) (aged 94)
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA, MD)
Occupation(s)Neuroscientist, professor
OrganizationDirector of Brain Research Institute at UCLA
Spouses

Arnold Bernard Scheibel (January 18, 1923 – April 3, 2017) was an American neuroscientist, professor of psychiatry and neuroanatomy, and the former director of the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is well known for his research regarding the anatomy of the spinal cord, brain stem, and cerebral cortex. He introduced the concept of modular organization in the nervous system.[1][2] His Golgi studies of human brain tissue extended the knowledge about the nature of neuronal changes in senile brain disease and in schizophrenia. He demonstrated the correlations between human cognitive activity and structural change, and also emphasized the role of plasticity in the living reactive brain."[3]

  1. ^ Casanova, Manuel, Emily (2019). "The Modular Organization of the Cerebral Cortex: Evolutionary Significance and Possible Links to Neurodevelopmental Conditions". The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 527 (10): 1720–1730. doi:10.1002/cne.24554. PMC 6784310. PMID 30303529.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Scheibel, Madge E.; Scheibel, Arnold B. (1958). "Structural substrates for integrative patterns in the brain stem reticular core". In Jasper, H. H. (ed.). Reticular Formation of the brain.
  3. ^ Scheibel, Arnold (2006). "Arnold Bernard Scheibel". The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography.