About Jacques Benoit
Lived 1896 – 1982 (aged 86). Jacques Benoit was a French physician, biologist and university teacher, known for Neuroendocrinology, Photobiology and Reproductive biology.
Jacques Marie Benoit (February 26, 1896 - December 1, 1982)
Robert Courrier was a fellow student while studying medicine. In 1925 he became a doctor of medicine He received his doctorate in science in 1929.
He died on December 1, 1982, in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Research His research led him to the discovery of fundamental physiological mechanisms in reproductive biology, photobiology and neuroendocrinology:
Publications (selection) Sur les cellules interstitielles du testicule du coq domestique : évolution et structure, Paris, Masson, 1922. Transformation expérimentale du sexe par ovariotomie précoce chez la poule domestique J Benoit - CR Acad. Sci, 1923 L'inversion expérimentale du sexe chez la poule déterminée par l'ablation de l'ovaire gauche, In: Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 1932, 73, S. 1–112, Démonstration de l'inversion expérimentale du sexe chez la poule, In: Revue suisse de zoologie, 1932. L'Ovaire, organe élaborateur des hormones sexuelles femelles. Les hormones sexuelles chez les intersexués, Paris, Hermann, 1935. Le testicule, organe élaborateur de l'hormone sexuelle mâle, Paris, Hermann, 1935. Activation par l'éclairements artificiel des glandes génitales des deux sexes chez le canard domestique au repos sexuel, Lille, impr. Douriez-Bataille, 1936. Thyroïde et croissance testiculaire chez le canard domestique, In: Comptes rendus de la Société de biologie, 1937. Titres et travaux scientifiques, Haguenau, Imprimerie E. Dietz, 1938, Online. with L. Ott: External and internal factors in sexual activity : effect of irradiation with different wave-lengths on the mechanisms of photostimulation of the hypophyisis and on testicular growth in the immature duck. In: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1944. PMID 21434198 Glandes endocrines in Traité de zoologie with Pierre-Paul Grassé and Max Aron, 1950 (1. Edition). Mesure photoélectrique de la pénétration transorbitaire des radiations visibles jusqu'au cerveau, chez le canard domestique, in collaboration with Ivan Assenmacher and Ladislav Tauc, Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1954. Radiations lumineuses et activité sexuelle du canard. Histoire d'une recherche, In: Revue suisse de zoologie, 64, 1957, S. 577–587. The structural components of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal pathway, with particular reference to photostimulation of the gonads in birds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 117: 23–32. 1964 PMID 14196645 Leroy P, Benoit J, Vendrely R, Vendrely C. Effects of injections of guinea fowl erythrocytic nuclear substances to genetically known Rhode Island red subjects. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie. 258: 1905–1907.1964 PMID 14139435 Podliachouk L, Boesiger E, Benoit J. On the blood groups of domestic ducks. | Sur les groupes sanguins de canards domestiques. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie. 258: 2435–2437. 1964 PMID 14138912 Rôle de l’œil dans la gonadostimulation par la lumière chez les oiseaux, in: Année biologique, 1973.
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Who was Jacques Benoit?
French biologist (1896–1982)
When was Jacques Benoit born?
Jacques Benoit was born on 26 February 1896 in Nancy.
When did Jacques Benoit die?
Jacques Benoit died on 1 December 1982 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
What was Jacques Benoit's occupation?
Jacques Benoit was a physician, biologist and university teacher.
What was Jacques Benoit known for?
Jacques Benoit was known for Neuroendocrinology, Photobiology and Reproductive biology.
What nationality was Jacques Benoit?
Jacques Benoit was French.
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