Jerzy Vetulani

Jerzy Adam Vetulani
Born	January 21, 1936(1936-01-21) Kraków
Citizenship	Polish
Occupation	neuroscientist pharmacologist
Parents	Adam Vetulani Irena Latinik

Jerzy Adam Vetulani (born 21 January 1936 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish neuroscientist and pharmacologist, professor of natural sciences, son of Adam Vetulani and Irena Latinik. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning, honorary doctor of Medical University of Silesia and Medical University of Łódź, Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków and vice-chairman of its scientific council.^[1] He is one of the most frequently cited Polish scientists in the field of biomedicine.^[2]

He graduated in Biology (1957) and Chemistry (1962) from the Jagiellonian University, and received his PhD from Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1966).^[3] He first gained recognition for an early hypothesis of the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs, suggesting, together with Fridolin Sulser, that downregulation of beta-adrenergic receptors is responsible for their effects.^[4] Beside depression, his scientific interests include memory, addiction and neurodegeneration.

He is also known as the author of popular articles and lectures on the topic of neuroscience, as well as for his criticism of the repressive drug policy in Poland (he favors decriminalization of all drugs). Member of The European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB); in years 1981–2002 the Editor in Chief of Wszechswiat, the oldest Polish popular science magazine.

Since June 2010 he runs a blog called Piękno neurobiologii (The Beauty of Neurobiology) on WordPress. On his blog Vetulani comments on the curiosities of the human brain.^[5]

References

1. ^ Institute of Pharmacology PAS Scientific Council
2. ^ Najczęściej cytowani naukowcy oraz prace naukowe w Polsce, raport za lata 1965 - 2001 na podstawie bazy “Science Citation Index” dotyczącej wszystkich światowych publikacji (pl)
3. ^ Database of Polish Information Processing Centre
4. ^ Healy, David (1997). The Antidepressant Era. Harvard University Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-674-03958-0. 
5. ^ Pezda, Aleksandra (2011). Koniec epoki kredy. Warszawa: Agora SA. pp. 81-82. ISBN 978-83-268-0517-2. 

External links

• Piękno neurobiologii blog
• Research profile on BiomedExperts

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Name	Vetulani, Jerzy
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Date of birth	21 January 1936
Place of birth	Kraków
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