Edward Perl
Edward R. Perl | |
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| Born | October 6, 1926 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | July 15, 2014 Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Pain research |
| Awards | Bristol-Meyers Squibb Award for Distinguished Research on Pain (1991) Gerard Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Neuroscience (1998) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Harvard University Johns Hopkins University State University of New York Upstate Medical University University of Utah University of North Carolina |
Edward Roy Perl (October 6, 1926 – July 15, 2014) was an American neuroscientist whose research focused on neural mechanisms of and circuitry involved in somatic sensation, principally nociception. Work in his laboratory in the late 1960s established the existence of unique nociceptors. Perl was one of the founding members of the Society for Neuroscience and served as its first president. He was a Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology and a member of the UNC Neuroscience Center at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.