Giuseppe Moruzzi

Giuseppe Moruzzi (July 30, 1910 – March 11, 1986) was an Italian neurophysiologist. He was one of three scientists who connected wakefulness to a series of brain structures known as the reticular activating system, and his work reframed sleep as an active process in the brain rather than a passive one. He received the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society and the Feltrinelli Prize from the Accademia dei Lincei.

Giuseppe Moruzzi
Moruzzi in 1965
Born(1910-07-30)July 30, 1910
DiedMarch 11, 1986(1986-03-11) (aged 75)
Pisa, Italy
Known forDiscovery of the reticular activating system
AwardsKarl Spencer Lashley Award (1965)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophysiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pisa
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