The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014

John O'Keefe

Photo: A. Mahmoud

Prize share: 1/2

May-Britt Moser

Photo: A. Mahmoud

Prize share: 1/4

Edvard I. Moser

Photo: A. Mahmoud

Prize share: 1/4

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded to John O'Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain."

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