Citizenship American Education University of Cagliari Name Erminio Costa | Nationality Italian Fields Neuropharmacology | |
Institutions Columbia University, Georgetown University Notable students Floyd E. Bloom, Norton H. Neff Known for Research on serotonin, the GABA receptor, and metabotropic glutamate receptors Died November 28, 2009, Washington, D.C., United States Books An Early Attempt to Foster Neuroscience Globalization: An Autobiography | ||
Alma mater University of Cagliari |
Erminio "Mimo" Costa (March 9, 1924 – November 28, 2009) was an Italian-American neuroscientist. His research interests covered brain serotonergic activity in health and disease, benzodiazepine-GABA interactions, benzodiazepine action at GABAA receptors, neurophysiological role of neurosteroids, and GABAergic dysfunction and changes in the expression of reelin and GAD67 in schizophrenia. He published more than 1,000 articles. The June 2011 issue of the journal Neuropharmacology was dedicated to him.
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