Alexander Cools

Alexander Cools
Born 1941
The Hague, Netherlands
Died September 7, 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 71)
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Fields Psychoneuropharmacology
Institutions Radboud University Nijmegen
Alma mater Radboud University Nijmegen
Thesis The Caudate Nucleus and Neurochemical Control of Behaviour: The Function of Dopamine and Serotonin in the Caput Nuclei Caudati of Cats (1973)
Doctoral advisor Jacques van Rossum, Jo Vossen
Known for Research on dopamine and the basal ganglia
Influences Jacques van Rossum, Adriaan Kortlandt
Notable awards Distinguished Achievement Award (EBPS)

Alexander ("Lex") Rudolf Cools (1941 in The Hague – 7 September 2013 in Nijmegen) was a Dutch behavioral pharmacologist. He obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Jacques van Rossum and Jo Vossen in 1973 at the Radboud University Nijmegen,[1] where he was a professor from 1985 until his retirement in 2006.[2][3] In 2014, a special issue of the scientific journal Behavioural Pharmacology was dedicated to his memory.[4] Cools was one of the founders of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society and its second president.[3] In 2003 he received that society's Distinguished Achievement Award.[3] In 1976, Cools was the first to propose the existence of different types of dopamine receptors,[5] an essentially correct claim that initially was generally dismissed.[3] Besides his work on dopamine, Cools is mostly known for his work on the basal ganglia.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Cools, A.R. (1973). The Caudate Nucleus and Neurochemical Control of Behaviour: The Function of Dopamine and Serotonin in the Caput Nuclei Caudati of Cats (Ph.D.). Drukkerij Brakkenstein. LCCN 76379116. OCLC 001179054.
  2. 1 2 Ellenbroek, Bart A.; Homberg, Judith; Verheij, Miche l; Spooren, Will; Van Den Bos, Ruud; Martens, Gerard (2014). "Alexander Rudolf Cools (1942–2013)". Psychopharmacology 231 (11): 2219–2222. doi:10.1007/s00213-014-3583-5. PMID 24770629.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Robbins, Trevor (2015). "Alexander R. Cools (1941–2013)". Behavioural Pharmacology 26: 4–5. doi:10.1097/FBP.0000000000000101.
  4. 1 2 Willner, Paul; Bergman, Jack; Vanderschuren, Louk; Ellenbroek, Bart (2015). "The behavioural pharmacology of the basal ganglia". Behavioural Pharmacology 26 (1–2): 1–2. doi:10.1097/FBP.0000000000000125. PMID 25539481.
  5. ↑ Cools, AR; van Rossum, JM (1976). "Excitation-mediating and inhibition-mediating dopamine-receptors: a new concept towards a better understanding of electrophysiological, biochemical, pharmacological, functional and clinical data". Psychopharmacologia 45 (3): 243–254. doi:10.1007/bf00421135. PMID 175391.

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