Dr. A. Claudio Cuello

A. Claudio CUELLO, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, has made significant contributions to neuroscience and neuropharmacology, developing new techniques for the cellular and subcellular localization of transmitter substances in the peripheral and central nervous system and introducing new concepts in the field. His work has significantly advanced the idea that small peptides can act as transmitter messengers in defined neuronal pathways; that neuron cell dendrites might release neurotransmitters; and that new synaptic contacts in the cerebral cortex of lesioned animals can be generated by the exogenous application of growth factors.