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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1996 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 1988 - NAS Award in the Neurosciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences For developing techniques to measure brain blood flow and metabolism -- valuable tools in the study of brain function that have major applications in clinical medicine.
  • 1980 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Louis Sokoloff was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their career involved significant contributions to neuroscience, particularly in techniques related to brain blood flow and metabolism.

Sokoloff's work was recognized through several awards. In 1965, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Later, in 1980, they became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences. The United States National Academy of Sciences awarded them the NAS Award in the Neurosciences in 1988, citing their development of methods to measure brain blood flow and metabolism, which became valuable tools in studying brain function with important clinical applications. In 1996, they received the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience. The following year, in 1997, Sokoloff was made a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Best Publications

  • The [14C]deoxyglucose method for the measurement of local cerebral glucose utilization: theory, procedure, and normal values in the conscious and anesthetized albino rat.

    Louis Sokoloff;Martin Reivich;Charles Kennedy;Charles Kennedy;M. H. Des Rosiers

  • The [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose method for the measurement of local cerebral glucose utilization in man.

    M Reivich;D Kuhl;A Wolf;J Greenberg

  • Measurement of local cerebral blood flow with iodo [14C] antipyrine

    O. Sakurada;C. Kennedy;J. Jehle;J. D. Brown

  • RELATION BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION AND ENERGY METABOLISM IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

    Louis Sokoloff

  • Glucose utilization of cerebral gliomas measured by [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography

    G. Di Chiro;R. L. DeLaPaz;R. A. Brooks;L. Sokoloff

  • Localization of Functional Activity in the Central Nervous System by Measurement of Glucose Utilization with Radioactive Deoxyglucose

    Louis Sokoloff

  • Activity-Dependent Energy Metabolism in Rat Posterior Pituitary Primarily Reflects Sodium Pump Activity

    Marina Mata;David J. Fink;Harold Gainer;Carolyn B. Smith

  • Cerebral glucography with positron tomography. Use in normal subjects and in patients with schizophrenia.

    Monte S. Buchsbaum;David H. Ingvar;Robert Kessler;Robert N. Waters

  • Metabolic mapping of functional activity in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system of the rat

    William J. Schwartz;Carolyn B. Smith;Leslie Davidsen;Helen Savaki

  • Mapping of functional neural pathways by autoradiographic survey of local metabolic rate with (14C)deoxyglucose.

    C Kennedy;MH Des Rosiers;JW Jehle;M Reivich

  • Computerized densitometry and color coding of [14C] deoxyglucose autoradiographs

    Charles Goochee;Wayne Rasband;Louis Sokoloff

  • Differential effects of electrical stimulation of sciatic nerve on metabolic activity in spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion in the rat

    Massako Kadekaro;Alison M. Crane;Louis Sokoloff

  • Energetics of Functional Activation in Neural Tissues

    Louis Sokoloff

  • Measurement of regional cerebral blood flow with antipyrine-14C in awake cats.

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  • Metabolic mapping of the primary visual system of the monkey by means of the autoradiographic [14C]deoxyglucose technique

    Charles Kennedy;M. H. Des Rosiers;O. Sakurada;M. Shinohara

  • An Adaptation of the Nitrous Oxide Method to the Study of the Cerebral Circulation in Children; Normal Values for Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Metabolic Rate in Childhood

    Charles Kennedy;Louis Sokoloff

  • Dichloroacetate effects on glucose and lactate oxidation by neurons and astroglia in vitro and on glucose utilization by brain in vivo

    Yoshiaki Itoh;Takanori Esaki;Kazuaki Shimoji;Michelle Cook

  • Human brain glucose utilization and cognitive function in relation to age

    R. Duara;C. Grady;J. Haxby;D. Ingvar

  • The local circulation of the living brain; values in the unanesthetized and anesthetized cat.

    Landau Wm;Freygang Wh;Roland Lp;Sokoloff L

  • Cerebral glucose utilization: local changes during and after recovery from spreading cortical depression

    Mami Shinohara;Beth Dollinger;Gwen Brown;Stanley Rapoport

  • Functional mapping of the primate auditory system.

    Amy Poremba;Richard C. Saunders;Alison M. Crane;Michelle Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald A. Dienel
Gerald A. Dienel University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Thérèse M. Jay
Thérèse M. Jay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Martin Reivich
Martin Reivich University of Pennsylvania
Francesco Orzi
Francesco Orzi Sapienza University of Rome
Linda J. Porrino
Linda J. Porrino Wake Forest University
Mortimer Mishkin
Mortimer Mishkin National Institutes of Health
Seymour Kaufman
Seymour Kaufman National Institutes of Health
Federico E. Turkheimer
Federico E. Turkheimer King's College London
John M. Hallenbeck
John M. Hallenbeck National Institutes of Health
Stanley I. Rapoport
Stanley I. Rapoport National Institutes of Health

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