József Hámori

József Hámori (20 March 1932 – 1 May 2021) was a Hungarian biologist and politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 1998 and 1999. He was a member of the Batthyány Society of Professors.

Publications Books Mi a neurobiológia? (1976) Idegsejttől a gondolatig (1982) Nem tudja a jobbkéz, mit csinál a bal (1985) Veszélyeztetett értelem (1988) Az emberi agy aszimmetriái (1999) Agy, hit, számítógép (co-author, 2004)

Scientific works The Inductive Role of Presynaptic Axons in the Development of Postsynaptic Spines (Brain Res., 1973) Specific Antibody-fragments Against the Postsynaptic Web (Nature, co-author, 1973) Triadic Synaptic Arrangements and Their Possible Significance in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of the Monkey (Brain Res., co-author, 1974) Presynaptic Dendrites and Perikarya in Deafferented Cerebellar Cortex (Procl. National Academy of Science, co-author, 1982) Immunogold Electron Microscopic Demonstration of Glutamate and GABA in Normal and Deafferented Cerebellar Cortex: Correlation Between Transmitter Content and Synaptic Vesicle Size (Journal of Histochem. and Cytochem., co-author, 1990) Metabotrop Glutamate Receptor Type 1a Expressing Unipolar Brush Cells in the Cerebellar Cortex of Different Species: a Comparative Quantitative Study (Journal of Neuroscientific Research, co-author, 1999) Az emberi agy plaszticitása (Magyar Tudomány, 2005)

Honours and awards

1972 Academy Prize 1990 Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1992 Member of Academia Europaea 1994 Széchenyi Prize 1996 Grastyán Prize 1999 UNESCO Einstein Gold Medal 2001 Ipolyi Arnold Prize