Walle Nauta
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Dr. '''Walle J.H. Nauta''' (1916, Medan, [[Indonesia]]–[[March 24]] [[1994]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]) was a leading [[neuroscience|neuroscientist]]. He was an Institute Professor at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].
He invented the Nauta Silver Impregnation Method stain, used for tracing degenerating nerve fibers.
He attended the [[University of Leiden]] from 1934 to 1941, and received an MD degree in 1942 and a PhD in anatomy and neurophysiology in 1945 from the [[University of Utrecht]].
He taught at the University of Utrecht (1941-1946), the University of Leyden (1946-47), the [[University of Zurich]] (1947-1951), the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland]] (1955-1964), and at MIT (1964-1986), where he was named Institute Professor in 1973. He was a neurophysiologist in the Division of Neuropsychiatry at the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center|Walter Reed Army Institute of Research]] (1951-1964) and a neuroanatomist at [[McLean Hospital]] (1975).
Dr. Nauta was the author or co-author of more than 100 papers for professional journals and books.
He was a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], the [[American Philosophical Society]], the [[Society for Neuroscience]], which he served as president, the [[American Association of Anatomists]] and the [[American Neurological Association]].
==External references==
*[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/nauta-0330.html Obituary]
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[[Category:1916 births]]
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[[Category:American neuroscientists]]
[[Category:American anatomists]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]]