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Walle J. H. Nauta

Walle J. H. Nauta

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
26677
World Ranking
5619
National Ranking
2489

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - NAS Award in the Neurosciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences For development of a powerful method for determining connectivity among specific brain sites and thus establishing now-classical circuits in the limbic system.
  • 1983 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 1967 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1964 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society

Overview

Walle J. H. Nauta was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States during their scientific career. Their work contributed to neuroscience, with a focus on elucidating brain connectivity and circuitry.

Nauta received several recognitions for contributions to the field. Among these were the NAS Award in the Neurosciences from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1994, which acknowledged the development of a powerful method to determine connectivity among specific brain sites and establish circuits in the limbic system. Earlier honors included the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience in 1983, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1967, and the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from The American Philosophical Society in 1964.

The scientist's research primarily centered on neural pathways and brain site connectivity, which are critical for understanding neurological function and organization. This work influenced methods used in contemporary neuroscience for circuit tracing and analysis.

No specific recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or detailed topics of study were listed in the available data.

Best Publications

  • Efferent connections of the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area in the rat

    Robert M. Beckstead;Valerie B. Domesick;Walle J.H. Nauta

  • HIPPOCAMPAL PROJECTIONS AND RELATED NEURAL PATHWAYS TO THE MID-BRAIN IN THE CAT

    Walle J. H. Nauta

  • The amygdalostriatal projection in the rat—an anatomical study by anterograde and retrograde tracing methods

    A.E. Kelley;V.B. Domesick;W.J.H. Nauta

  • Efferent connections of the habenular nuclei in the rat

    Miles Herkenham;Walle J. H. Nauta

  • The problem of the frontal lobe: A reinterpretation

    Walle J.H. Nauta

  • Afferent connections of the habenular nuclei in the rat. A horseradish peroxidase study, with a note on the fiber‐of‐passage problem

    Miles Herkenham;Walle J. H. Nauta

  • Projections of the lentiform nucleus in the monkey

    Walle J.H. Nauta;William R. Mehler

  • Efferent Connections and Nigral Afferents of the Nucleus Accumbens Septi in the Rat

    W. J. H. Nauta;G. P. Smith;R. L. M. Faull;Valerie B. Domesick

  • Ascending axon degeneration following anterolateral cordotomy. An experimental study in the monkey.

    William R. Mehler;Martin E. Feferman;Walle J. H. Nauta

  • Hypothalamic regulation of sleep in rats; an experimental study.

    W. J. H. Nauta

  • Subcortical Mechanisms in Emotional Behavior: Affective Changes Following Septal Forebrain Lesions in the Albino Rat

    Joseph V. Brady;Walle J. H. Nauta

  • Some ascending pathways in the brain stem reticular formation.

    Walle J. H. Nauta;Henricus G. J. M. Kuypers

  • Neural connections of the "visual wulst" of the avian telencephalon. Experimental studies in the piegon (Columba livia) and owl (Speotyto cunicularia).

    Harvey J. Karten;William Hodos;Walle J. H. Nauta;Alvin M. Revzin

  • Contemporary Research Methods in Neuroanatomy

    Walle J. H. Nauta;Sven O. E. Ebbesson

  • An intricately patterned prefronto-caudate projection in the rhesus monkey

    Patricia S. Goldman;Walle J. H. Nauta

  • Subcortical projections from the temporal neocortex in Macaca mulatta.

    David G. Whitlock;Walle J. H. Nauta

  • The isodendritic core of the brain stem

    E. Ramón-Moliner;W. J. H. Nauta

  • Columnar Distribution of Cortico-Cortical Fibers in the Frontal Association, Limbic, and Motor Cortex of the Developing Rhesus Monkey

    Patricia S. Goldman;Walle J.H. Nauta

  • Fibre degeneration following lesions of the amygdaloid complex in the monkey.

    W. J. H. Nauta

  • Efferent connections of the ventral pallidum: evidence of a dual striato pallidofugal pathway.

    S. N. Haber;H. J. Groenewegen;E. A. Grove;W. J. H. Nauta;W. J. H. Nauta

  • An experimental study of the fornix system in the rat.

    W. J. H. Nauta

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph V. Brady
Joseph V. Brady Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John H. Casseday
John H. Casseday University of Washington
William C. Hall
William C. Hall Duke University
Suzanne N. Haber
Suzanne N. Haber University of Rochester Medical Center
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
Arnold B. Scheibel
Arnold B. Scheibel University of California, Los Angeles
Harvey J. Karten
Harvey J. Karten University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth A. Grove
Elizabeth A. Grove University of Chicago
Lennart Heimer
Lennart Heimer University of Virginia

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