About Henri Korn
Lived 1934 – 2023 (aged 89). Henri Korn was a French neuroscientist and physician.
Henri Korn (15 February 1934 – 2 November 2023) was a French neuroscientist with the Pasteur Institute.
Life and career Korn was born on 15 November 1934. In 1992 he won the Richard Lounsbery Award jointly with Philippe Ascher for "their discoveries of the mechanisms of synaptic transmission. Philippe Asher (sic) furthered knowledge regarding the properties of glutamate receptors which play an important role in trials, and Henri Korn brought to light the elementary liberation of neurotransmitter in quanta form in the central nervous system of vertebrates."
In 2007, a re-analysis of Korn's data by Jacques Ninio in the Journal of Neurophysiology showed serious anomalies that suggested the results of his research were fabricated.
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Who was Henri Korn?
French neuroscientist (1934–2023)
When was Henri Korn born?
Henri Korn was born on 15 February 1934 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
When did Henri Korn die?
Henri Korn died on 2 November 2023 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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Henri Korn was a neuroscientist and physician.
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Henri Korn was French.
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